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Kummer, Clare
and viola and orch. (comm. by Thomas K. Schermann and Little Orch. Society). Two cartoon scores: The Miner's Daughter and Gerald McBoing Boing; feature film, C Man; ballet sequence, Frankie and Johnnie. Also many works for radio performance. Home: New York, N.Y. Address: % Harvard Club, 27 W. 44 St., New York, N.Y.
Kuhn, Lee, composer, author, con­ductor; b. Chicago, 111., Aug. 8, 1912. ASCAP 1946. World War II, two years in Merchant Marine. Ten years as orchestra leader throughout Eastern U.S. Songs: "Thanksgiving at Home"; "Who Said There's No Santa Claus"; "There's a Tear in My Beer"; "All That Glitters Is Not Gold"; "Pvt. Billy"; "Along About Evening"; "Never Felt Better and Never Had Less"; "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"; "I Won't Promise", "Flattery Will Get You Nowhere." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/< ASCAP.
Kuhn, Richard S. (Dick), composer, author, conductor, radio and record­ing artist; b. New York, N.Y., Jan. 1, 1907. ASCAP 1941. Educ: St. Johns Law School, Bachelor of Laws, 1929. Music educ.: study of violin, percus­sion, woodwind, piano, harmony with private teachers. Admitted to N.Y. Bar 1931, practiced law to 1935. Then to music. Orchestra played New York hotel 1938-44, eight years broadcasting on network; many re­cordings. Now president music pub­lishing corporation, and president of record company, New York. Songs: "My Love ; "Suzi of the Island"; "In Old Kalua"; "Meet Me at the Astor"; "Little Mischief Maker"; "Indian Moon"; "Blue Magnolias"; "I Met My Waterloo in New Orleans"; "My Featherhead"; "Twenty Seven Times Around the Block"; "You're Not the Only Apple on the Apple Tree"; "Poor Duffy"; "Blue Sunrise"; "Topsy-Turvy Moon"; "How Can I
Explain"; "When Will I Know"; "I've Got the Blues in the Morning"; "Free." Home: 9 Pomander Walk, New York 25, N.Y.
Kuller, Sid, author; b. New York, N.Y., Oct. 27, 1910. ASCAP 1942. Educ.: Columbia Univ. World War II, U.S. Air Corps 1942-46. Wrote training and combat films. Has writ­ten special material for leading per­sonalities in night club field. Stage credits: Casino Varieties; Earl Car-roWs Vanities; Star Spangled Glamour ; Meet the People; Let Free­dom Swing; Jump For Joy. Motion picture credits: Goldwyn Follies; Life Begins in College; You Cant Have Everything; Straight, Place and Show; Kentucky Moonshine; Big Store; Road to Singapore; Melody Ranch; The Return of Gilbert and Sullivan (wrote and co-directed). Songs: "Wishful Thinking"; "My Favorite Song"; "I Wanna Foof On a Fife"; "While We Dance"; "The Jittarumba"; "Nothm"; "Jump For Joy"; "Bli-Blip"; "Tenement Sym­phony"; "Elmer's Wedding Day." Home: N. Hollywood, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Kummer, Clare, composer, author; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 9, 1888. ASCAP 1934. B. Clare Rodman Beecher, grandniece of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Educ.: Packer Inst., Brooklyn. Studied voice, piano in New York and Boston. As a child wrote stories, verse, music. Wrote song "Dearie" 1906, created for own use as personal valentine greeting, developed into song used m musical play: Sergeant Brue. Wrote books and lyrics for stage productions: Noah's Ark; Annie Dear; One Kiss; Mme. Pompadour; Three Waltzes. Plays: Good Gracious Annabella; A Successful Calamity; Be Calm, Ca­milla; Rollo's Wild Oat; Pomeroys Past; The Mountain Man; Her Mas­ters Voice; The Choir Rehearsal.