Al J. Neiburg

Lyricist Al J. Neiburg acquired his submit several standards composed through the previous fifty percent of the ’30s. He’s perhaps most widely known for 1930’s “I’m Confessin’ (That I REALLY LIKE You),” that was performed in cooperation with Doc Dougherty and Ellis Reynolds, and became a jazz and pop regular within the hands of Louis Armstrong; another Neiburg co-write, 1933’s “It is the Speak of the city” (with Marty Symes and Jerry Livingston), demonstrated equally popular as time passes. Other significant Neiburg co-compositions included 1933’s “Under a Blanket of Blue” (with Symes and Livingston), originally popular for Glen Grey that remained favored by jazz artists specifically, as well as the Livingston cooperation “A BIT DOWN THE ROAD,” that was a staple of Ella Fitzgerald’s early repertoire. Among the many pop performers who documented Neiburg music (mostly these) had been Perry Como, Dean Martin, Doris Day time, Harry Wayne, Kay Starr, Peggy Lee, the Dorsey Brothers, and Les Paul; within the jazzier part, performers included Django Reinhardt, Coleman Hawkins, Artwork Tatum, Lester Adolescent, Erroll Garner, Lionel Hampton, and Fletcher Henderson, among numerous others. Neiburg later on went on to perform his own posting firm for a while.