Kim Gannon

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Kim Gannon , maiden name: James Kimball Gannon , (born November 18, 1900 in Brooklyn , New York , † April 29, 1974 in Lake Worth , Florida ) was an American songwriter and occasional composer .

Life

Gannon's parents were of Jewish descent and lived in Brooklyn at the time of his birth. Soon after their son was born, they moved to New Jersey , where he grew up and attended high school in Montclair . There he was also a member of the Omega Gamma Delta brotherhood. After graduating from high school, he took up law studies at St. Lawrence University to become a lawyer . He graduated from Albany Law School in 1934.

His first song, for which he wrote the lyrics in 1939, was For Tonight . In 1942 he wrote the song Moonlight Cocktail , which was recorded with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and was the best-selling song in the United States for ten weeks that same year . Then Gannon began to write lyrics for film songs. Be in collaboration with Ernesto Lecuona (music) incurred theme song Always in My Heart for the eponymous film (German title In the Shadow of the heart ) was in 1943 in the category "Best Song" for a Oscar nomination, but was against Irving Berlin's White Christmas from Music not enforce music ( Holiday Inn ). In 1945 Gannon was again nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Song" along with Walter Kent, this time for their song Too Much in Love from the film Song of the Open Road . However, the award went to Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke for her song Swinging on a Star from the movie Going My Way (Going My Way). For the third year in a row almost Walter Kent and Kim Gannon were 1946 again nominated for an Oscar. This time with her song Endlessly from the film Earl Carroll Vanities . But even in the third attempt they could not win, but had to let Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein go first with their song It Might as Well Be Spring, written for the film Jahrmarkt der Liebe ( State Fair ) .

In 1951, Gannon turned to Broadway and wrote titles with composer Walter Kent for the Broadway musical comedy Seventeen . There was also a collaboration with the composers J. Fred Coots , Josef Myrow , Jule Styne , Luckey Roberts and Max Steiner , one of the most successful film music composers.

Gannon died at the age of 73 in his last residence in Lake Worth, Florida.

Filmography (selection)

The song I'll Be Home for Christmas (text: Kim Gannon, music: Walter Kent) is used in the following films and television formats :

Awards

- Oscar nominations -

Web links

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  1. ↑ a b c d e Kim Gannon biography at IMDb . Retrieved January 23, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Gannon, Kim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gannon, James Kimball
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1974
Place of death Lake Worth , Florida