Dick Manning

b. Samuel Medoff, 12 June 1912, Gomel, Russia, d. 11 Apr 1991, Marietta, Georgia, USA. A favorite songwriter through the past due 40s and 50s, who occasionally had written both music and lyrics, and was most likely best-known for hi novelty tracks. Born right into a theatrical family members, Manning was taken up to the united states when he was six yrs . old, and researched in the Philadelphia Conservatory and Juilliard. A gifted pianist young, he offered concerts and later on offered as an accompanist, arranger and music trainer for performers, while employed in theater and tv as an arranger and conductor. One of is own 1st compositions, with F.D. Marchetti and Maurice De Feraudy, was ‘Fascination’ (1932). He hosted Sam Medoff And His Yiddish Golf swing Orchestra on radio train station WHN, before changing his name in 1948. Within the same yr his structure, ‘The Treasure Of Sierra Madre’, created with Friend Kaye, was popular for Friend Cole and Freddy Martin, and became the name music for John Huston’s film starring Humphrey Bogart. Manning’s additional 40s tracks included ‘While The Angelus Was Buzzing’, ‘A Carnival In Venice’ (popular for the Mills Brothers), ‘Donna Bella’ as well as the jaunty ‘One Even more Fantasy (And She’s Mine)’. It had been through the 50s, though, that Manning produced his greatest effect, mostly in cooperation with lyricist Al Hoffman. Their novelty tracks included ‘Needs Two To Tango’, which became popular in america for Pearl Bailey and Louis Armstrong, and relatively surprisingly, was documented in the united kingdom by Hermione Gingold as well as the grumpy tv character, Gilbert Harding; and ‘Papa Loves Mambo’ and ‘Popular Diggity (Pet Ziggity Growth)’, both which had been effective for Perry Como. The second option music was also popular in the united kingdom for Michael Holliday as well as the Stargazers. Additional ballads compiled by Manning included ‘Allegheny Moon’ (which Patti Web page took nearly to the very best of the united states graph in 1956), ‘Hawaiian Wedding ceremony Melody’ (effective for Andy Williams in 1959) and ‘The Morning hours Side FROM THE Hill’ (a US strike for Tommy Edwards in 1959, and revived by Donny and Marie Osmond in 1975). Within the 60s, Manning (with Fred Smart) added ‘(There’s) No Area To Rhumba IN THE Sports activities Car’ towards the Elvis Presley film Fun In Acapulco (1963). Manning’ music, which are thought to have been released in 27 dialects, also included ‘Like I Perform’ (UK Best 5 for Maureen Evans), ‘Celebration Of Roses’, ‘I Still HAVE THE Same About You’, ‘I Can’t ENABLE YOU TO GET AWAY FROM My Center’, ‘Redwood Smoke cigarettes’, ‘When You Kiss Me’, ‘Oh, Oh, I’m Falling In Like Once again’, ‘Torero’ (popular for Renato Carosone and Julius La Rosa), ‘Jilted’ (well-known for Teresa Brewer), ‘Underneath The Linden Tree’, ‘Don’t AVOID As well Long’, ‘Mama, Teach Me To Dance’ and ‘Nickelodeon Melody’. He also composed the rating for the tv screen production The Children From Boise, along with a symphonic piece for piano and orchestra entitled ‘Nightbird’. Among his various other collaborators had been Kay Twomey and Al Stillman.