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Austrian-born film composer Max Steiner was the grandson from the musical impresario who uncovered Strauss and brought Offenbach to Vienna. We were young with a wealthy traditions of opera and symphony about him, Steiner progressed into a musical prodigy; at age 13 he graduated in the Imperial Academy of Music, …

Along with his cheery tenor voice and ever-present ukulele, Cliff “Ukelele Ike” Edwards was a significant vaudeville star from the 1920s who branched out into record-making (selling a reported 74 million discs), filmmaking (appearing in as much as 100 motion pictures), radio, and television. He launched such tunes as “Interesting …

American pop lyricist Bob Hilliard wrote hits in the middle-’40s through the first ’60s. Blessed in N.Con.C. in 1918, Hilliard was 28 yrs . old when he composed his first effective melody, “The Coffe Melody.” The next calendar year, he penned many more and composed for the Broadway present Angel …