Al J. Neiburg

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Allen J. "Al" Neiburg (born November 22, 1902 in St. Albans , Vermont , † July 12, 1978 in New Haven , Connecticut ) was an American songwriter and songwriter who was also active in jazz in the 1930s and 40s emerged.

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Neiburg studied at Boston University . Some of the best-known songs he has worked on include " I'm Confessin '(That I Love You), " which he wrote with Doc Dougherty and Ellis Reynolds , and " It's the Talk of the Town " (1933) and "Under a Blanket of Blue" (1933, with Jerry Livingston and Marty Symes ); the latter two were popular in the US, especially in the versions of Glen Gray and His Orchestra.

Other songs Neiburg had worked on were “At a Carnival in Venice”, “I'm in a Blue and Pensive Mood”, “Learning”, “Where There's Smoke There's Fire” and “(When It's) Darkness On the Delta ”(with Livingston and Symes),“ I've Got Rain in My Eyes ”,“ Ol 'Pappy ”,“ Moonrise On the Lowlands ”and“ A Little Bit Later On ”(with Levinson)“ It's A Hap-Hap -Happy Day "(with Winston S. Sharples / Sammy Timberg)," Sweet Slumber "(with Henri Woode and Lucky Millinder)," On My Way Out "(with Jimmy Rule) and" Moonlight Whispers "(with Frankie Carle), "Here I Go Just Dreamin 'Away", "Lonely Corral, Old Pard'ner", "Moon Nocturne" (with Henri Woode), "The Moon Is Back in Business" (with Eddy Breuder). His songs have been recorded by jazz musicians and swing band leaders such as Bunny Berigan , Les Brown , Frankie Carle , Tommy Dorsey , Shep Fields , Benny Goodman , Fletcher Henderson , Lucky Millinder and Chick Webb ; "I'm Confessin '" entered the US charts in the versions of Guy Lombardo , Rudy Vallee , Lionel Hampton , Perry Como and Les Paul / Mary Ford and has been covered over 400 times since 1930, including a. by Louis Armstrong , Ella Fitzgerald , Ruby Braff or Lester Young . Neiburgs songs, such as "In a Hat in Old Havana", "Listen My Heart" and "Make Him Yell Uncle" found in the 30's and 40 years also used in music films and cartoons such as Gulliver's Travels (1939) and ants eat ( Directed by Dave Fleischer , 1940).

In the 1950s he still wrote songs like "A Man Gets Awfully Lonesome" (with Lou Ricca) for Frankie Laine , "He'll Be Coming Down The Chimney (Like He Always Did Before)" (with J. Fred Coots ) for Gene Autry , "You Intrigue Me" (with Fred Spielman ) for Bernice Parks , "Let Me Give You One Last Kiss" (with Clay Boland / Jerry Leng) for Bernadine Read , "Play Some Music for Broken Hearts" (with Diego Calcagno / Marino Marini ) for Johnny O'Connor , as well as the Christmas carol "Let's Have an Old Fashioned Christmas" with Irving Melsher and Jerry Carr , which Don Cornell presented in 1954. He also ran his own music publisher.

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  1. ↑ a b Warren W. Vaché: The Unsung Songwriters: America's masters of melodies . Scarecrow Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-8108-3570-2 , pp. 342-343.
  2. ↑ 1933 published u. a. Annette Hanshaw and Connee Boswell cover versions of the songs.
  3. ↑ Basic information at Jazzstandards.com
  4. ↑ Song information at Jazzstandards.com
  5. ↑ Tom Lord: Jazz Discography (online)
personal data
SURNAME Neiburg, Al J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neiburg, Allen J .; Neiburg, al (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Albans , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1978
Place of death New Haven , Connecticut