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Betzner, Jack F.
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tor Jack Benny programs in radio. Songs: "Doodle, Doodle Doo"; "Down by the Winegar Woiks"; "Teach Me to Smile"; "The Whole World is Dreaming of Love"; "Gee But I Hate to Say Good Night"; "Contented"; "You're a Darling ; Tm Not Forget­ting." Home: So. Norwalk, Conn. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Betzner, Jack F., composer; b. Newark, N.J., March 16, 1908. ASCAP 1942. Educ: at South Tenth St. Public School and Madison High School. Musician in many popular orchestras, organized own orchestra; hotel and radio attraction. World War II, Anned Forces, Sergeant, 372nd ASF Band, assigned to arrangement for thirty-five piece unit; under con­tract to score for motion pictures when inducted. Works: "Gypsy Violin"; "Gingerette"; "The Woof Woof Song (I'm in the Doghouse Now)", "Can I Canoe with You?"; "Melodies Bring Memories"; "The Chantecler Waltz"; "A Villa in the Sunset"; "There's a Blackout in My Blue Ridge Mountain Home"; "Oh Oh Oh Ophelia." Home: Elizabeth, N.J. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Bibo, Irving, composer, author, pub­lisher; b. San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 22, 1889. ASCAP 1920 (director 1924-27). Entered music business 1914. Music publisher 1926 to 1934; now has own publishing house. Mem­ber of Songwriters' Protective Assn. (former secretary and treasurer). Honorary member Optimist Interna­tional, member Masquers Club of Hollywood. Composer for stage and screen productions Letty Pepper, Afghan, and many interpolations in Ziegfeld Follies and Greenwich Vil­lage Follies. Songs: "Good Night Waltz"; "Sweet Little You"; "Chcrie"; "Am I Wasting My Time On Your; "Forever and a Day"; "My Annapolis and You"; "Where Are You, Girl of My Dreams?"; "Do You Believe in
Dreams"; "Huggable Kissable You"; "Old Man Atom"; "All Things are Passing"; "Sousa's March of the Blues"; also "The Stanford Scalp Song"; "Sing U.C.L.A."; "Fight on for Michigan State"; (all official student body songs). Home: Rancho El Nido, Chatsworth, Calif.
Bierman, Bernard, composer, author, lawyer; b. New York, N.Y., Aug. 26, 1908. ASCAP 1947. Educ: public schools; George Washington High School; New York Univ.; Brooklyn Law School, Bachelor of Laws. Prac­ticed law from 1932-42. Wrote col­lege and fraternity shows. In U.S. Army, World War II, Aug. 1942-45. Became staff writer popular music publishing house, New York, 1947. Works: "Get a Move on, Cowboy"; "I'm Boaming from My Home in Wy­oming"; "What More Can I Ask For?"; ^Unless It Can Happen With You"; "Midnight Masquerade"; "This is the Inside Story"; "Forgiving You"; "The Hills of Colorado"; "My Cousin Lou-ella"; "Too Many Kisses"; The Love of Two Cabbages (operetta). Home: Brooklyn, N.Y. Address: c/0 ASCAP.
Bilotti, Anton, composer, pianist; b. New York, N.Y., Jan. 17, 1906. ASCAP 1936. Educ.: Royal Cons, of Naples (scholarship) 1915-21; De Rosay School, Pans, 1924-25; Mac-Jennett School, Paris, 1924-26; with Busoni, Vladimir de Pachmann, and Leopold Godowsky; orchestration with Maurice Ravel. Debut as pianist, New York 1921; toured in Europe and U.S. Works: Spanish Dance; two Piano Concertos; Tango Triste; Puck Dance; Elfin Dance; Chorale; Night in Granada; Prelude; Firefly; Sym­phony for orchestra; Violin Concerto; Poem for saxophone and orchestra; Nocturne and Scherzo for orch.; Suite for band; Quintette for piano and strings; Suite for string quartet; Suite for flute and string orch.; Roman Suite for string orchestra; Burlesque Dance,