Eliot Daniel

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Eliot Daniel (real name Eliot Howard Daniel , born January 7, 1908 in Boston , Massachusetts , † December 6, 1997 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American songwriter and film composer who won an Oscar in 1950 and 1952 was nominated.

He is known for his title song for the television sitcom I Love Lucy .

biography

Until the beginning of the Second World War Daniels worked in various orchestras, including Rudy Vallée and his band. During this time he met up with Jess Oppenheimer, the future producer of I Love Lucy . Daniel's first famous song was What Would People Say , released by Decca Records in 1938 . He quickly became a fixture among the writers and composers in Hollywood . He has worked with artists such as big band leader and violinist Guy Lombardo , singer and actress Dinah Shore , country singer Gene Autry , Bing Crosby , Burl Ives , jazz singer and pianist Sarah Vaughan, and with Marilyn Monroe ( Blondes preferred ) . Shortly after the war ended, he started at Disney in 1945 . Together with Johnny Lange he wrote the now classic western song Blue Shadows on the Trail in 1947 , which was sung by Bing Crosby, among others.

In 1950 Daniel and Larry Morey were nominated for an Oscar in the "Best Song" category for the song Lavender Blue from the partially animated Disney family drama A Champion to Fall in Love with . However, the trophy went to Frank Loesser and his song Baby, It's Cold Outside from the musical romance Neptune's daughter .

Although he had great success at Disney and rose quickly, he left the studio in 1950 and turned to 20th Century Fox .

In 1952 Daniel was nominated again for an Oscar, this time together with Lionel Newman for their song Never from the musical drama Golden Girl . However, the award went to the team Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer and their song In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening from the comedy film Wedding Parade .

However, Daniel became particularly famous with his title song for the sitcom I Love Lucy , which he had actually composed on the condition that his name should not be associated with it. He wanted people to associate him with his work in motion pictures and not with the new medium of television. He was also not very convinced of the success of the sitcom. After the series developed into a long-running hit in the USA, however, he thought about it and wanted to share in the success and benefit financially and then received license fees for the re-broadcast of the sitcom until he died.

In the years 1957/1958 Daniel was President of the American Federation of Musicians, during this time there was a strike that the organization waged against six film studios. After retiring from the film business, he was still active for a few television series, for example in 1960/1961 for seven episodes of the television series Angel . After one last composition for the short film Johnny Learns His Manners (1968), he retired. A few weeks before his 90th birthday, he died of complications from cancer.

Filmography (selection)

- compositions and soundtrack -

  • 1946: Make Mine Music - Music: Make Mine Music + Text: Casey at the Bat
  • 1946: Uncle Remus' Wonderland (Song of the South) - Text: Uncle Remus Said
  • 1947: Fun and Fancy Free (Fun and Fancy Free)
    • Text: I'm A Happy-Go-Lucky Fellow , Too Good to be True , Say It With a Slap
  • 1948: Once Upon a Wintertime (short film)
  • 1948: Music, Dance and Rhythm (Melody Time)
    • Text: Pecos Bill , Blue Shadows on the Trail
  • 1948: A champion to fall in love (So Dear to My Heart)
  • 1950: Blues Busters - Text: Bluebirds Keep Singin 'in the Rain
  • 1951: Golden Girl - Text: Never , Sunday Morning
  • 1951–1957: I Love Lucy (TV series, 181 episodes) - theme song
  • 1952: With a Song in My Heart (With a Song in my Heart) - Text: Montparnasse
  • 1952: Marriage by the dozen (Belles on Their Toes) - in the music team
  • 1953: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) - Text: A Little Girl from Little Rock
  • 1954/1955: Willy (TV series, 16 episodes)
  • 1954–1957: December Bride (TV series, 7 episodes)
  • 1955: Those Whiting Girls (TV series, 6 episodes)
  • 1957–1960: The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (TV series, 13 episodes) - composer of themed music
  • 1958: Shower of Stars (TV series, 1 episode) - Text: Two Little Girls From Little Rock
  • 1960/1961: Angel (TV series, 7 episodes)
  • 1962: Disney Land (TV series, episode The Golden Horseshoe Revue) - Text: Pecos Bill
  • 1968: Johnny Learns His Manners (short film)
  • 1971: A magician by my side (A Safe Place) - Music: Lavender Blue
  • 1996: Cable Guy - The Cable Guy - Text: I Love Lucy Theme
  • 2003: Mona Lisa's smile (Mona Lisa Smile) - Text: I Love Lucy
  • 2001: Rat Race - The Rat Race (Rat Race) - I Love Lucy
  • 2015: Aloha - The Chance for Happiness (Aloha) - Text I Love Lucy Theme

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eliot Howard Daniel atisecondhandsongs.com (English). Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ I Love Lucy: An American Legend at loc.gov (English)
  3. ↑ Blue Shadows on the Trail , sung by Bing Crosby
  4. ↑ a b c d Eliot Daniel; Composer of the I Love Lucy Theme Song Obituary in the Los Angeles Times , December 10, 1997, at articles.latimes.com. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Daniel, Eliot
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Daniel, Eliot Howard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter and film composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , United States
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1997
Place of death Los Angeles , California