Allie Wrubel

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Allie Wrubel (born January 15, 1905 in Middletown , Connecticut , † January 13, 1973 in Twentynine Palms , California ) was an American saxophonist , songwriter and composer .

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Allie Wrubel studied at Wesleyan University and Columbia University and then worked in dance orchestras. He was a member of Paul Whiteman's orchestra for a year . In 1924 he began composing songs and writing lyrics for them. In 1931 he wrote I've Got a Communistic Feeling for You , and in 1933 the title Rasputin (That Highfalutin Lovin 'Man) . In 1934 he went to Hollywood to work for the Warner Bros. film company . There he created a number of film scores until he switched to Walt Disney in 1947 .

Allie Wrubel worked a lot in Hollywood with the songwriter Mort Dixon ; they wrote Try to See It My Way (Baby) for the 1934 film Dames . The following year, the hit The Lady in Red was created for the film Caliente . In 1937 he had a great success with Herb Magidson with the song Gone with the Wind , inspired by Margaret Mitchell's novel , which became a jazz standard and interpreted by many singers and musicians. Magidson was another classic, (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over , which Sarah Vaughan would later interpret. Wrubel's latest hit was made in collaboration with Ray Gilbert , Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah for the film Uncle Remus' Wonderland ( Song of the South ), which won the Oscar for Best Song in 1948.

Wrubel also wrote songs for the movies Make Mine Music , Duel in the Sun ( Duel in the Sun ), I Walk Alone , Musi, dance and rhythm ( Melody Time ), Tulsa , Never Steal Anything Small and Mitternachtsspitzen ( Midnight Lace ). During his career he worked with songwriters Abner Silver , Charles Newman , and Ned Washington .

Allie Wrubel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 .

literature

  • Ken Bloom: The American Songbook - The Singers, the Songwriters, and the Songs . New York City, Black Dog & Leventhal, 2005, ISBN 1-57912-448-8

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personal data
SURNAME Wrubel, Allie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American saxophonist, composer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Middletown, Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1973
Place of death Twentynine Palms