Fred Glickman

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Fred Glickman (born September 22, 1903 in Chicago , † April 4, 1981 in Los Angeles ) was an American composer , songwriter and violinist .

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Fred Glickman first attended John Marshall High School in his native Chicago, then the Columbia School of Music and the Chicago Musical College. He learned to play the violin from Harry Diamond, Ludwig Becker, Richard Czerwonky and Victor Young . Glickman played in dance bands and symphony orchestras, later he worked for NBC and freelance for radio stations. As a violinist, he has performed frequently in Broadway musicals and with film studio orchestras. In addition to his own band and orchestra, he played with artists such as Paul Whiteman . In 1949 he joined the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers .

Together with Hy Heath and Johnny Lange, Glickman wrote the song Mule Train for the western Smoking Pistols ( Singing Guns ). Released in 1949, the song became a number one hit in the United States and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song in 1951 . Other Glickman songs included Two Brothers , Little Old Band of Gold (1939; with Gene Autry and Charles Newman) and Angel of Mine (1958).

literature

  • Glickman, Fred In: The ASCAP biographical dictionary of composers, authors and publishers. Crowell, New York 1952, p. 184 ( online ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fred Glickman In: Don Tyler: Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-rock Era. McFarland, 2007, p. 398.
  2. ^ Glickman, Fred In: The ASCAP biographical dictionary. 1952, p. 184.
  3. ^ The 23rd Academy Awards 1951 oscars.org. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Glickman, Fred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer, songwriter, and violinist
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH April 4th 1981
Place of death los Angeles