Philip Charig

b. 31 August 1902, NY, USA, d. 21 July 1960, NY, USA. A composer and periodic lyricist for the Broadway and London stage, in the first 20s Charig was a protégé of music group innovator Ben Bernie. In 1925 he offered as rehearsal pianist for Jerome Kern’s Broadway musical, Sunny, and a yr later on collaborated with lyricist Ira Gershwin within the book ‘Sunny Disposish’ for the 1st release of Americana. For your same revue, Charig also had written ‘Why Perform Ya Move Those Eye?’ with Morrie Ryskind. It had been released by Helen Morgan, Lyman Beck, Evelyn Bennett, and Betty Compton, and later on popularized by Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra. Bolstered by that achievement, and his burgeoning a friendly relationship with the quickly increasing Gershwins, in 1927 Charig got his name on two publication musicals, Yes, Yes, Yvette, (with Irving Caesar), some sort of riposte to No, No, Nanette of a year or two earlier where Caesar was also included, and Just Nice (Joseph Meyer – Leo Robin). Neither arranged Broadway alight, and Charig wanted more fulfillment in the past due 20s and early 30s in London’s Western End. Lucky Woman (1928, with Douglas Furber -R.P. Weston-Bert Lee) and Woman Mary (1928, extra songs) showed guarantee, before That’s AN EXCELLENT Girl (1928) produced Charig’s trip well worth while, operating for 363 shows. A quartet of Meyer, Ira Gershwin, Desmond Carter, and Furber helped out using the songs, including ‘The One I’m Searching For’, ‘Nice So And Therefore’, and ‘Nice Our Getting together with’. The second option quantity was memorably performed by Jack port Buchanan and Elsie Randolph in London, and later on by Buchanan and Jessie Matthews on Broadway in the 1929 revue AWAKEN And Desire. Charig and Furber mixed once again in 1931 for another Buchanan providing, OPERATE And Sing, which delighted audiences for nearly so long as That’s AN EXCELLENT Girl. One of the better songs had been the beautiful ballad ‘There’s Usually Tomorrow’ sung by Buchanan and Anna Neagle, ‘It’s Not really You’, as well as the name number, which English composer Vivian Ellis received another from the credit. Furthermore, Ellis composed some of his personal figures for the display. In parallel along with his Western End diversion, Charig interpolated some materials with Howard Dietz in to the well-known revue, Three’s A Masses (1930), and was also displayed on Broadway by Polly (1929, Caesar) and Nikki (1931). In among Charig and Wayne Dyrenforth’s rating for Nikki had been ‘On Accounts Of I REALLY LIKE You’, ‘Acquiring Off’, and ‘Question Why’, and going the solid was celebrity Fay Wray, simply 2 yrs before she was transported to the very best from the Empire Condition Building in the celebrated film Ruler Kong. Also within Nikki had been Archie Leach, who later on transformed his name to Cary Give, and, in the chorus, the near future stage and film superstar, Adele Dixon. It had been greater than a 10 years before Charig came back to the brand new York scene, first of all with some materials for Performers And Versions (1943), and with the rating for his most effective Broadway show, Stick to GIRLS (1944). In both situations his collaborators had been Dan Shapiro and Milton Pascal, as well as for Follow GIRLS they created the somewhat suggestive ‘I Wanna Obtain Married’, that was released by Gertrude Niesen. Jackie Gleason was also up to speed this goodtime musical which went for over 2 yrs, a lot longer than Charig’s Broadway swan-song, Capture A Superstar!, which folded after three weeks regardless of the mixed songwriting abilities of Charig, Sammy Fain, Jerry Bock (afterwards the co-composer of Fiddler ON THE TOP), and Larry Holofcener.