interesting NYT Magazine article on Mannheim Steamroller
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/18/magazine/18christmas.html
"When I was in college, I was so straight classical," Davis told me. "Norman [Luboff] got my mind open."
And wait until you see the job titles of the two guys (Davis being one of them) who invented C.W. McCall, of "Convoy" fame.