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Jesse Frederick Biography

Birth Name:Frederick James Conaway

Birth Place:Salisbury, Maryland, United States

Profession Soundtrack, Music department, Actor

Fast Facts

Is an avid supporter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Won the 1997 ASCAP FIlm and Television Award for Most Performed Theme song
Studied at Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Started out working in a poultry processing plant at his father's factories
Is best known for composing the theme songs to the television shows "Perfect Strangers," "Full House," "Family Matters" and "Step By Step․"
Would often collaborate with songwriter Bennett Salvay
Sailed around the Caribbean for two years with his family