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Stoloff, Morris
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Stoloff, Morris, composer; b. Phila­delphia, Pa., Aug. 1, 1898. ASCAP 1950. Educ: in music, sponsored by W. A. Clark, Jr.; violin with Leopold Auer, theory and composition with Broekhaen. At sixteen appeared in concerts throughout U.S.; later joined Los Angeles Philh. Orch. With advent of sound in motion pictures, became concertmaster with large studio; in 1936, became musical director Acad* Awards for picture scores: Cover Girl (1944); Tlie Jolson Story (1946). Songs: "A Song to Remember"; "Love of a Gypsy." Home: Los Angeles, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Stone, Billy, composer, author; b. New York, Aug. 23, 1884; d. New York, May 18, 1931. ASCAP 1930. At twenty-five became member music publishing house. World War I, civilian morale officer, wrote and pro­duced army shows. Songs: "Indian Butterfly"; "Perhaps You'll Think of Me'; "The Kid Next Door"; "The Cave Man"; "I Love You Kid"; "This is the Wedding Night"; "Hello Every­body"; "Rambling in Roses"; "Any Old Time"; "Wish I Owned a Fish Store"; "Always the Same Sweet Pal"; "I Should Have Known"; "Singapore Sal." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Stone, Gregory, composer, violinist, arranger; b. Odessa, Russia, July 20, 1900. ASCAP 1941. To U.S. 1923. Composed and conducted score for Max Reinhardt's festival production of Faust, produced in Los Angeles. From 1936 composed music for pic­tures for various film companies; then conductor in Mexico City. At present musical director radio station Bogota, Colombia; also conductor and piano soloist Mexico, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and Bogota. Works for violin: Doina; Horn in Suoni Hat-monici; Hot a Spiccato; Hora Burlesca. Piano: "Boogie Woogie Etude"; "Chinese Boogie Woogie"; "El Boogie Woogie Mexicano.' Also or-
chestral transcriptions of George Gershwin compositions. Song: "Let's Dance." Home: Los Angeles, Calif. Address: ^r ASCAP.
Stone, Jesse, composer, author, re­cording artist; b. Atchison, Kan., Nov. 16, 1901. ASCAP 1942. Educ.: with private tutors and Garrison School, Kansas City, Mo.; Lincoln School, Atchison, Kansas; Atchison High School; Nebraska Univ., Lin­coln, Neb., studied surgery, with music as avocation. Had own orches­tra; arranger for popular orchestras. Played organ in theaters. Wrote shows for Apollo Theater, Harlem, three years. Band leader and comic with own U.S.O. unit in Pacific Theatre during World War II. Songs: "Idaho"; "W.P.A."; "Papas in Bed With His Britches On"; '*Big and Fat and Forty Four"; "Sorghum Switch", "New Orleans"; "I Love You Just the Same"; "P.D.Q."; "Oregon"; "Shy Coquette"; "Any Kind of Love"; "In Susie's Basement"; "Snaky Feeling"; "Bling-A-Ling-A-Ling"; 'Til Never Love Any One But You"; "The Rolling Stone"; "The Jumping Jack"; "I'm Thru With You"; "Faded Orchids"; "Since I've Been With You"; "Talk, Talk, Talk"; "You Don't Do Nothing Good For Me." Home: 120 W. 138 St., New York 30, N.Y.
Stone, Justin Ira, composer, author; b. Springfield, Ohio, Nov. 20, 1916. ASCAP 1946. Orchestra leader; or­ganized own orchestra. Songs: "I Don't Do Nothin' for No One"; "Mid­night Nocturne"; "JumP Indigo"; "The Ghost Goes West ; "Faffing Star (Autumn Echoes)"; "Mood of the Moment"; "I Want to be Alone"; "Saddle Serenade"; "Save That Con­federate Money Boys (The South Shall Rise Again).' Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Stoner, Michael S. (Mickey Stoner), author; b. Carnegie, Pa., Aug. 1,