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Simon, Nat |
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Method. Author and publisher of teaching material. Songs: "Gonna Get a Girl5; "Sweet Child (I'm Wild About You)"; "As Long As I Have You"; "Holding Hands'; "Mary Ellen"; "Will We Meet Again"; "As Long As I Live"; "Old Fashioned Rose." Home: 1797 Severn Rd.. Grosse Pointe Woods 30, Mich.
Simon, Nat, composer, author, pianist; b. Newburgh, N.Y., Aug. 6, 1900. ASCAP 1934. Educ.: Newburgh High School. Had school 'orchestra. Organized own orch. and played at West Point Military Academy and at New York Military Acad., Cornwall, N.Y. and at dances throughout Hudson Valley. Then to New York as pianist in popular music publishing houses and for various vocalists on major networks. Composed motion picture scores, London 1938. Songs: "I'm In Love"; "Every Single Little Tingle of My Heart"; "Throwing Stones at the Sun"; "The Gaucho Serenade"; "Little Curly Hair in a High Chair"; "Little Lady Make Believe"; "Crosstown"; "Wait for Me Mary"; "Poinciana"; "I Wish That I Could Hide Inside This Letter"; "No Can Do"; "Coax Me a Little Bit"; "Her Bathing Suit Never Got Wet"; "More More More"; "The Old Lamplighter"; "And Mimi"; "An Apple Blossom Wedding"; "Chapter in My Life Called Mary"; "On the Painted Desert"; "You Red Head"; "My Bolero"; "Bamboo"; "In My Little Red Book"; "My Christmas Prayer." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Simon, Robert A., author, librettist, critic, radio and television executive; b. New York, N.Y., Feb. 18, 1897. ASCAP 1934. Educ.: Ethical Culture School, New York; Columbia School for Journalism. Feature writer for New York newspapers; became musical editor New Yorker. Became songwriter as undergraduate contributor |
to Columbia Univ. musical shows. Wrote lyrics for musical shows Ups-A~Daisy; The Swordsman; The Gang's All Here; Hold Your Horses; Champagne Sec (English version of Die Fledermaus). Several translations of grand opera for American production in English; librettos for Garrick; Maria Mmihran; Beauty and the Beast; and other operas. Songs: "I Love Her"; "No Trouble But You." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Simon, Walter Cleveland, composer, arranger, inventor; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 27, 1884. ASCAP 1924. Educ.: Pittsburgh College of Music (scholarship); New England Cons. Professional pianist; composer of first original music score published for motion picture Arrah Na Pough, 1911. For many years pianist and organist in motion picture theaters beginning Lexington, Ky., 1896, specializing in sound effects. First to play pipe organ in motion picture theater, Bronx, N.Y. 1912. Scored films: The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Ben Hur; Last Days of Pompeii; The Black Crook. Inventor of special registration for use in any type pipe organ, for performance of piano music. Specializes in recitals of traditional movie music, demonstrating with old silent films technic of the Nickelodeons. Works for piano: "]ack in the Box"; "Fleur de Lys"; "Gay Cavalier." For violin, "Ecstasy"; large catalog of mood music used in motion picture production, including Stampede; Indian War Dance; Indian Love Song; Railroad Hurry; Indian Lament; Melody of the Bell. Home: Albany, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Simons, Seymour, composer, author; b. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 14, 1896; d. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 12, 1949. ASCAP 1922. Educ.: Univ. of Mich., Bachelor of Science and Mechanical Engineering. Wrote Michigan Union |
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