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Fox and the Grapes"; "The Amazing Adventures of Johnny"; others. Home: 404 East 55 St., New York, N.Y.
Leonard, Eddie, composer, author, actor; b. Richmond, Va., Oct. 18, 1875; d. New York, N.Y., July 29, 1941. ASCAP 1937. Brief experience as professional ball player; later joined minstrel shows. In Army 1895-98, Spanish American War; became variety entertainer at Tony Pastor's and other theaters; joined Primrose and West Minstrel Show 1902 and was active in minstrels and vaudeville for forty years. Appeared in motion pictures, including If 7 Had My Way. Radio performer. Starred in own show Roly Boly Eyes 1919. Songs: "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider"; "Roly Boly Eyes"; "Oh, Didn't it Rain?"; "I'm On My Way"; "Sweetness"; "I Lost My Mandy"; "Don't You Never Tell a Lie"; "Mandy Jane"; "Sugar Baby"; "Beautiful"; "Molasses Candy"; "I Wish I Was Some Little Girlie's Beau." Author of What a Life (autobiography). Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Leonard, Robert Duke, composer, singer, actor; b. Utica, N.Y., Oct. 23, 1901. ASCAP 1943. Educ: Utica Free Academy; Utica Cons, of Music. Appeared in musical comedy, vaudeville, and night clubs. Songs: "Light a Candle in the Chapel"; "With a Pack on His Back"; "Sam, You Made the Pants Too Long"; "Taking the Trains Out"; "Josephine, Please Don't Lean on the Bell"; "When I Gets to Where I'm Going"; "I Wanna Wienie With the Woiks"; "Singing Hosanna As I Fly"; "It's Time To Go To Church Again"; "So Is My Love For You"; "When The Parades Are Over"; "Tony Spumoni (the Ice-Cream Man)"; "Yell For Your Mama"; "If I Could Steal You From Somebody Else"; "The Laugh's On Me"; "I'm Sam, the Man Who Made the Pants Too Long"; "Just Like Yesterday." |
Home: Miami Beach, Fla. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Leonardi, Leon, composer, pianist; b. Moscow, Russia, July 27, 1901. ASCAP 1948. To U.S. 1923; citizen 1929. Educ.: at eight in piano with Anton Rubinstein. Introduced Imperial Court, playing Beethoven Concerto. Academic studies at Imperial Cadet Institute. To Paris 1911, Conservatoire, graduated 1918 Grand Prix of Honor. Composition with Vincent D'Indy; orchestration with Maurice Ravel, conducting with Chevillard; Bach and Liszt with Bu-soni and Philipp; composition with Paul Vidal and Nadia Boulanger. Toured Europe as concert pianist; guest conductor orchestras. Guest student of medicine at Sorbornne. Scores for radio and motion pictures. Works: The Song of America, first Symphony in C Minor; Blue Ridge Rhapsody, for piano and orch.; Horizons, Suite in four parts; Manhattan Murals, Suite for piano; Caribbean Holiday, Three pieces for piano; Freedom's Plow, dramatic work for narrator and orch.; Song of the Forest, lyric drama; Manhattan Vignettes, Suite for woodwinds; also Butterfly Ballet for motion picture Sally. Home: Hollywood, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Leopold, J. Walter, composer, author, pianist; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., July 27, 1890. ASCAP 1942. Educ.: Public School 123; Boys High School. Studied music with Lillian Russell, Brooklyn; Pratt Inst.; Columbia Univ. Studied civil engineering Heffley Inst. A pianist from early childhood, played in Brooklyn and New York theaters. Upon graduation from high school worked for music publishing house; started songwriting career. Became vaudeville partner in act with Bert Lewis, later with Emma Cams, writing special material. In 1922 formed own music publishing company. Left show business 1932, continued in |
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