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Christmas"; "Who Dat Up Dere"; "I Just Kissed Your Picture Goodnight"; ''Love Is Like a Cigarette"; The White Cliffs of Dover"; "I Never Mention Your Name"; "Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm"; "Too Much in Love"; "When the Roses Bloom Again"; "Apple Blossoms and Chapel Bells"; "Country Boy"; "I Cross My Fingers"; "The Last Mile Home ; "Ah! But It Happens." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Kenton, Stanley (Stan), composer, conductor, pianist; b. Wichita, Kans., Feb. 19, 1912. ASCAP 1946. Educ.: Los Angeles public schools. Played piano, various cafes and in radio. Asst. musical director Earl Carroll's Theatre Restaurant. In 1941 organized own band. In early 1950, organized forty-piece concert orchestra called "Innovations in Modern Music" for yearly Nationwide Tour. Works: "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine"; "Eager Beaver"; "Artistry in Rhythm"; "Southern Scandal"; "Artistry Jumps"; "Painted Rhythm"; "Concerto for Doghouse"; "Opus in Pastels." Home: Los Angeles, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Kerby, Paul, composer, author; b. Johannesburg, Union of South Africa, Jan. 9, 1903. ASCAP 1948. U.S. citizen. Educ.: in England Director of musical and dramatic presentations, Capitol Theatre, New York. Associated directer of Salzburg Festival 1927; 1934 staged and directed official Austrian program at Chicago Centennial. Under contract to motion-picture producer, Hollywood, 1937-41. Works: "Viennese Memories"; "Rosalinda, Love of Mine"; "Oh Jiminy, Oh Jiminy"; "Laughing Song ; "Csardas"; "Melodrama. Home: W. Los Angeles, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Kerker, Gustave A., composer; b. Herford, Westphalia, Germany, Feb. |
28, 1857; d. New York, N.Y., June 29, 1923. To U.S. 1867. ASCAP 1914 (charter member; director 1914-23, one of nine original founders of ASCAP.) Of musical parentage. At seven, mastered cello. Leader, theater orchestra. At twenty-two, composed first operetta; Cadets, which toured the South four months. Conductor N.Y. Casino, other theaters. First Broadway production The Pearl of Pekin, 1888. Other New York operettas: The Belle of New York (revived 1921 under title: The Whirl of New York), Lady Slavey, The Telephone Girl, The Whirl of the Town, The Billionaire, Winsome Winnie, Two Little Brides, The Tourists, The Social Whirl, The American Beauty. Also had two German operettas produced in Berlin and Vienna, Schnceg-lockchen (Snowdrop), and Die Ohe-ren Zehntausend (The Upper Ten Thousand). Conducted orchestra for most New York appearances of Lillian Russell; wrote one operetta for her: The American Beauty. Songs: "In Gay New York"; "Baby, Baby"; "It's Nice to Have a Sweetheart"; "La Belle Parisienne"; "Teach Me How to Kiss Dear"; "They Call Me the Belle of New York"; "Gollv Charlie"; "Bon Tour Monsieur'; "Cynthia Jane"; It's Forty Miles from Schenectady to Troy"; "Tally-Ho"; "Loud Let the Bugles Sound." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Kern, Jerome, composer; b. New York, N.Y., Jan. 27, 1885; d. New York, N.Y., Nov. 11, 1945. ASCAP 1914 (charter member; director 1924-29, 32-42). Educ.: New York public schools; Newark High School; New York Coll. of Music. First musical education with mother, piano. Advanced piano studies with Alexander Lambert and Paolo Gallico; harmony, Dr. Austin Pearc-3 and Albert von Doenhoff; composition, England, Germany. Wrote music for student shows Newark High School; |
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