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Wolf, Daniel
Wise, Fred, author; b. New York, N.Y., May 27, 1915. ASCAP 1942. Educ.: Franklin High School and Columbia Univ. (B.A. Degree), New York. Wrote varsity shows while in college. In publicity dept, motion-picture company Hollywood 1936-39. Returned to New York 1939. World War II, U.S. Army 1942-45, radio operator. Songs: "Misirlou"; "Will You Love Me ; "Inca Love Chant"; "Good Night My Darling"; "Sweetheart of the Valley"; "I Touched a Star"; "An Old Country Garden"; "Nice Dreamin' Baby'; "The Bells of San Raquel"; "Nightin­gale"; "My Tattle Tale Heart"; "The Wise Old Owl"; "Accidentally On Purpose"; "The Best Man"; "Roses In the Rain"; "You, You, You Are the One"; "A—You're Adorable", "Lo-retta"; "All the Bees Are Buzzin' 'Round My Honey"; "When johnny Comes Marching Home"; "This Is My Country"; "The Great American Dream." Home: New York, N.Y. Ad­dress: c/o ASCAP.
Wise, Jessie Moore, composer, au­thor; b. Bloomington, 111., Jan. 25, 1883; d. New York, N.Y., May 17, 1949. ASCAP 1942. Songs: "Mary's Eyes"; "The Lord Has Given Me a Song"; "April Shower", "Honey Made a Pie"; "I Have Three Candles"; "These Lovely Things"; "Prayer lor a Little Home"; "When I Come Home"; "A Lord's Prayer." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville, au­thor, playwright; b. Guildford, Sur­rey, Eng., Oct. 15, 1881. ASCAP 1924. Educ.: Dulwich Coll., 1894-1900. Honorary degree of D. Litt, Oxford Univ., 1937. In journalism, London, conducting "By the Way," column for London Globe. Wrote with Jerome Kern for London stage. To U.S. 1909, again 1915, wrote Miss Springtime; Have* a Heart;
Leave it to Jane; Oh, Boy; Oh, Lady, Ladu; Spring Fever; The Girl Be-hind the Gun; Sitting Pretty; The Three Musketeers; Oh, My Dear, all N.Y. productions; musicals for Win­ter Garden, London: The Cabaret Girl, The Beauty Prize. Author of books, Leave it to Psmith, Fish Pre­ferred, the Jeeves Stories; motion pic­ture, A Damsel in Distress. Songs: "Bill"; "Till the Clouds Roll By"; "The Siren Song"; "Bungalow in Quoque"; "Nesting Time in Flatbush"; "Greenwich Village"; "It's a Hard World for a Man"; "Old Fashioned Wife"; "Sir Galahad"; "I Never Knew about You"; "The Land Where the Old Songs Go"; "The March of the Musketeers." Home: New Yoik, N.Y. Address: \'c ASCAP.
Wolcott, Charles Frederick, composer, author, b. Flint, Mich., Sept. 29, 1906. ASCAP 1945. Educ.: Univ. of Mich., Bachelor of Arts, Univ. of Mich, music school. Member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Screen Composers Assoc., American Society of Music Arrangers. Writer and an anger popular orches­tras 1927-30, Paul Whiteman 1931-35; in radio 1935-38; motion picture scores Hollywood from 1937; musical director Disney from 1944; com­poser, conductor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1950. Wrote scores and songs for motion pictures Reluctant Dragon, Saludos Amigos; Three Caballeros; Make Mine Music; Song of the South. Songs: "The Reluctant Dragon"; "Saludos Amigos"; "Cax-anga"; "Sailors of the Air"; "Heh, Mr. Sunshine"; "Mexico"; "Two Silhou­ettes"; "Sooner or Later"; "The Mer­rily Song." Instrumentals: Inca Suite, Guatemala. Home: Hollywood, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Wolf, Daniel, pianist, composer; b. Baltimore, Md., May 12, 1894. ASCAP 1937. Began piano study at