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Anglicized, the family’s name was truncated from Gummbinsky right down to Gumm. Harold Gumm discovered piano while developing up in Indianapolis. He went off at age 14 to provide as performing acrobat inside a journeying circus. Craving a far more dignified moniker, Harry used his mother’s maiden name, Tilzer. He …

Oscar-winning songwriter Sammy Fain wrote effective pop strikes and show music for Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s through the 1950s. Blessed in N.Con.C. on June 17, 1902, Fain continued to become prolific author of traditional pop music which were oft-covered by vocalists through the years. The composer got his …

Andy Secrest played both in jazz combos and studio room orchestras through the ’20s through the first ’50s. Then left music to become agent, a move that locations him firmly inside the mini-grouping of players who’ve made exactly the same profession choice, a few of whom might have been influenced …

Among the great composers from the American popular track, Hoagy Carmichael differed from a lot of the others (with the most obvious exclusion of Duke Ellington) for the reason that he was also an excellent performer. Such Carmichael tunes as “Stardust,” “Georgia on My Brain,” “In the Lazy River,” “Rockin’ …

A songwriter and occasional performer of his personal pastoral, semi-rural ballads, Willard Robison offered many standards towards the basic American pop repertoire, including “A Cottage on the market,” “Don’t Smoke cigarettes during intercourse,” “‘Tain’t Thus, Honey, ‘Tain’t Thus,” “Aged People,” and “Peaceful Valley” (the second option Paul Whiteman’s theme music). …

Willie “The Lion” Smith within the 1920s was considered among the big 3 of stride piano (alongside Wayne P. Johnson and Excess fat Waller) despite the fact that he made minimal recordings before mid-’30s. His mom was an organist and pianist, and Smith began playing piano when he was six. …

Albert Wynn was most widely known for his function in the 1920s, although he survived and continued using in to the mid-’60s. Wynn was raised in Chicago, where he was structured throughout the majority of his lifestyle. Early in his profession, Wynn played within the Bluebirds’ Children Music group and …

Mr. Smolin is among the names used by LA musician and instructor Barry Smolin, who also occasionally phone calls himself Shmo. Smolin hosts the psychedelic radio display The Music By no means Halts on KPFK 90.7 FM in southern California. Like a rock and roll vocalist/songwriter, he produced his documenting …

Through the 1940s with the 1960s, lyricist Ray Gilbert wrote songs produced famous by pop vocalists and Disney features, and translated a lot of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s songs into English. A number of the many Jobim tracks Gilbert translated consist of “Dindi,” “Amor em Paz” (“Once I Loved”), “Samba Torto” …

American pop lyricist Ned Washington wrote many hits for Broadway and film from your 1930s with the 1960s. He started his profession in music like a vaudeville MC and offered as a realtor for some from the vaudeville performers. Ultimately, Washington started writing materials for the vaudeville functions, and so …