Me in St. Louis, which included the hit single The Trolley Song (#3 on Billboard's Best Selling charts). His other recordings were quite eclectic: spanning the popular (often with harmonica virtuosoes Leo Diamond or Larry Adler), easy listening orchestral (e.g. MGM's Hollywood Melodies album) to the postwar American sessions of the tenor Lauritz Melchior. Later career His career got a final innings boost when Pasternak hired him and his old colleague George Sidney to work with Elvis Presley on some of his later and better pictures (e.g. Viva Las Vegas and Spinout). He also composed the underscore for the 1960 Spring break romp Where the Boys Are and another Connie Francis followup. After 9 Oscar nominations (last in 1962 for Billy Rose's Jumbo), Stoll retired upon completing the original music for the Ann-Margret vehicle Made in Paris. Stoll died, aged 79, in Monterey, California. In September 2001, Stoll's Best Score Oscar was offered in an estate sale at the Butterfields auction house. The actor Kevin Spacey later revealed that he anonymously secured it for $156,875 and subsequently returned it to the Academy. In October 2009, Stoll's Amati violin was sold by Tarisio Auctions for $620,000, the world record for a Nicolo Amati sold at auction. References External links All Movie Guide bio entry OCLC World Library Catalog - Jazzmania Quintet, with Georgie Stoll on Stroh violin, playing I Ain't Got Nobody American film score composers American male film score composers Best Original Music Score Academy Award winners Music directors American music arrangers American male conductors (music) American jazz violinists American male violinists 1905 births 1985 deaths 20th-century American violinists 20th-century American composers 20th-century American conductors (music) 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians