Hy Heath

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Walter Henry ("Hy") Heath (born July 9, 1890 in Oakville , Tennessee , United States , † April 3, 1965 in Los Angeles , California , United States) was an American song composer, entertainer and author.

Life

Hy Heath originally taught in public schools. He later appeared in music theaters, variety shows, and burlesque shows and was also a minstrel. Johnny Lange and Fred Rose were among his most important musical companions . He was best known for the song Mule Train , which he wrote in 1948. The songwriting team Glickman (1903-1981), Heath and Johnny Lange wrote Mule Train for the western Rauchende Pistolen (Original title: Singing Guns , 1950, directed by RG Springsteen ), with Vaughn Monroe , Ella Raines and Walter Brennan in the leading roles. The song received an Oscar nomination for Best Song in 1951 . The first two lines of the song are: Mule train, yeah, yeah. Mule train: clippetty-clopping over hill and plain.

Hy Heath died on April 3, 1965 at the age of 74.

Works (selection)

  • Somebody Bigger Than You and I
  • There'll Be No New Tunes on This Old Piano
  • The Little Red Fox
  • Loaded Pistol
  • Uncle Remus
  • The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along
  • Benny the Beaver
  • Deacon Jones
  • Every hour, every day
  • Take These Chains From My Heart
  • Be Goody Good Good to Me
  • I'll Never Stand In Your Way
  • Faithless Johnny Lee
  • Run boy!
  • I Gave My Wedding Dress Away
  • Jole John
  • Heartless Romance
  • When Johnny Toots His Horn

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Chicago native Fred Glickman was a composer, songwriter, author, violinist and publisher. See Don Tyler: Hit songs, 1900-1955: American popular music of the pre-rock era , 2007
  2. ↑ smoking guns in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  3. ^ The 1951 Oscars in the Internet Movie Data Base
  4. ↑ Frankie Laine - Mule Train sS metrolyrics.com
  5. ↑ Hy Heath in the Internet Movie Database (English)Template: IMDb / Maintenance / "imported from" is missing
personal data
SURNAME Heath, Hy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heath, Walter Henry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Oakville , Tennessee , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1965
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States