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Robinson, Harry I. |
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two years became publicist. A pioneer in Hollywood with advent of song in motion pictures. Musical shows Hit the Deck; Greenwich Village Follies; Judy; Bubbling Over; Just Fancy; AUez Oop; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Songs: '[Hallelujah"; "Thanks for the Memory" (Academy Award 1938); "Love in Bloom"; "June in January"; "Please"; "Blue Hawaii"; "Rendezvous with a Dream"; "If I Should Lose You"; "With Every Breath I Take"; "Here Lies Love"; "Louise", "In Love in Vain"; "The Hills of Old Wyoming"; "Jericho"; "I Have Eyes"; "Sweet Little Headache"; "What Goes On Here in My Heart?"; "Funny Old Hills"; "Prisoner of Love"; "Silver on the Sage"; "Moonlight and Shadows"; "Give Me a Moment Please"; "One Hour With You"; "Beyond the Blue Horizon"; "I Can't Escape from You"; "My Ideal"; "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"; "A Little Girl from Little Rock"; "Bye, Bye Baby." Home: 618 N. Maple Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif.
Robin, Sydney, composer, author; b. New York, N.Y., July 12, 1912. ASCAP 1942. Began songvvriting as schoolboy. World War II, two years in entertainment branch acting in This Is the Army. Songs: "Blind Date"; "Evelyn"; "Green Cockatoo"; "Just Because"; "My Baby Said Yes"; "No One to Cry To"; "Save a Smile"; "Undecided." Home: 211 N. Keystone, Burbank, Calif.
Robinson, Earl, composer, conductor, singer, recording artist; b. Seattle, Wash., July 2, 1910. ASCAP 1941. Educ: West Seattle High School; Univ. of Washington, Bachelor of Music 1933. Further study with Aaron Copland. While at univ. conducted own composition with university symphony. Went to Orient playing piano in boat orchestra. Musical director, New York, of little theater group; then wrote music for Federal |
Theater: Processional; Life and Death of an American; Sing For Your Supper, for which Ballad for Americans was written. Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship to write musical play, 1940. Wrote music for film short subjects: People of the Cumberland; army film, The Negro Soldier; Muscle Beach. To Hollywood 1943 writing songs and background music. Songs for pictures: Walk In the Sun; California; Romance of Rosy Ridge; Man From Texas; The Roosevelt Story. Also score for stage production, Dark of the Moon. Works: cantatas: Ballad for Americans; Battle Hymn (based on President Roosevelt's State of Union speech); The Lonesome Train; Tower of Babel; In the Folded and Quiet Yesterdays, Bouquet for Molly, ballet; The Town Crier (comm. by A.B.C. and performed at inception of new network). Songs: "Joe Hill"; "Abe Lincoln"; "The House I Live In"; "The Song of the Free Men"; "A Man's a Man For a' That"; "Free and Equal Blues"; "The Same Boat Brother"; "The Quilting Bee"; "Toward the Sun." Also "Good Morning" and "Come Along," children's song-dance numbers. Home: Los Angeles, Calif. Address. v/c ASCAP.
Robinson, Harry I., composer, author; b. New York, N.Y., June 26, 1888. ASCAP 1948. Educ: public schools, business college. Music with private tutors. Vaudeville performer for fifteen years. Wrote for several musical productions and performers. Songs: ¥tls It Within the Law?"; "As the Years Roll by"; "Games of Childhood Days (Ring-a-round a Rosie)"; "Let's Make Love While the Moon Shines"; "Just As We Used to Do"; "In the Spring I'll Bring a Ring Around to Rosie"; "I Do—Do You?"; "Montana"; '"Way Back When"; "I Wonder if the Folks at Home Remember"; "London Bridge is Falling Down"; "My Own Kathlyne." Home: Chicago, 111. Address: c/o ASCAP. |
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