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Mann, Paul
Good For Nothing But Love"; "Be­cause of Once Upon a Time"; "Don't Count Your Kisses"; "Profes­sor Spoons." Piano solos: "Finesse"; "Keeper of the Keys"; "Rita." Also works for violin and trumpet. Home: 201 W. 77 St., New York 24, N.Y.
Mana-Zucca, Mrae., composer, ac­tress, pianist, singer; b. New York, N.Y., Dec. 25, 1894. ASCAP 1925. Child prodigy of piano. Advanced studies in New York with Alexander Lambert, piano; Herman Spielter, composition and orchestration; Vo-grich, composition and orchestration, London; Godowsky and Busoni, pi­ano, Berlin; Von Zur Muhlen, voice, London and Paris. At eight, debut as pianist with New York Symph. Orch., Carnegie Hall. Several tours of U.S. as child pianist; similar tours Europe, then star of European and American operetta stage. Stage debut as so­prano starring in Lehar's Count of Luxembourg 1914. Wrote more than one thousand compositions for voice, violin, cello, piano, chorus, symphony orchestra; also four-act opera, Hy-patia; one-act Chinese opera, many songs for concert stage, her "Scene de Ballet" introduced Metropolitan Opera House by Rosina Galli. Songs: "I Love Life"; "Nichavo"; "There's Joy in My Heart"; "Big Brown Bear; "Honey Lamb"; "Time and Time Again.' Other works: Piano Con­certo; Violin Sonata; Trio for piano, violin and cello; and My Musical Calendar (three hundred sixty-five piano pieces). During World War II raised almost a million dollars giving war bond concerts. Home: Miami, Fla. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Mann, Bert (Robert E.), author; b. Los Angeles, Calif., March 18, 1902. ASCAP 1944. Educ.: high school. Fifteen years in theater as comedian. Author of special material and songs for vaudeville acts. Songs: "Why Do Peanuts Whistle?"; "Caught in a
Dream"; "Temperamental You, Sen­timental Me"; "I Didn't Think You Cared"; "Scratch Sheet Papa"; "Waltz With Me"; "If I Misunderstood You"; "Dream Another Dream"; "Need I Say?"; "He's a Carousel Cowboy"; "I'm Gonna Stage a Walkout on You Baby"; "Two Timer"; "Two Broken Hearts"; "Never, Never, Never"; "In Your Sweet Little Way"; "Polka Wed­ding"; "111 Never Let Another Dream Go By"; "I Fell and Broke My Heart." Home: 445 W. 23 St., New York 11, N.Y.
Mann, David, composer, author; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 3, 1916. ASCAP 1949. Educ.: Curtis Institute (piano, theory, and composition). Concertized extensively; then turned to popular music. Played piano and arranged for name bands, incl. Charlie Spivak, Ray Noble, Ray Bloch, Jimmy Dorsey. Also wrote arrangements for radio shows and recording companies. World War II U.S. Army, 1945-46 official and personal pianist of Presi­dent Truman. Songs: "Rhyme Your Name"; "Genius at Work"; "I've Only Myself to Blame"; "I Went Down to Virginia"; "Made Up My Mind"; "There, I've Said It Again"; "No Moon At All"; "These Will Be the Best Years of Our Lives"; "Passing Fancy"; "Dearie"; "Castles in the Sand'; "Down in Nashville, Tennes­see." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Mann, Paul, composer; b. Vienna, Austria, Sept. 3, 1910. ASCAP 1940. Educ.: Vienna Cons. Songwriter in Vienna; member of AKM (Austrian Performing Right Society). To Berlin, writing music for motion pictures 1930. In U.S. from 1937, composing music for stage and screen. Songs: "I Never Had a Sweetheart Like You"; "I Simply Adore You"; "When You Look in Your Looking Glass"; "They Say"; "Angel in Disguise"; "And So Do I"; "There I Go Again,