James V. Monaco

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James Vincent Monaco (born January 13, 1885 in Formia , Italy - † October 16, 1945 in Beverly Hills , California ) was an Italian-born American songwriter and composer who was nominated four times for the Oscar for best song .

Life

Monaco had been composing since 1911. He had his first success in 1913 with the foxtrot You Made Ma Love You , for which Joseph McCarthy wrote the lyrics. He made him known as Ragtime Jimmie . 24 years later, the hit came out again in the Judy Garland film musical Broadway Melody in 1937 .

With the song Dirty Hands Dirty Face he also wrote music for the very first sound film Der Jazzsänger (1927) and was involved in the musical accompaniment of over 100 films until his death.

At the Academy Awards in 1941 he and Johnny Burke were nominated for the first time for the Oscar for best song, for " Only Forever " from Rhythm on the River (1940). Further nominations in this category followed in 1944 with Al Dubin for " We Mustn't Say Goodbye " from Stage Door Canteen (1943), in 1945 with Mack Gordon for " I'm Making Believe " from Sweet and Low-Down and finally posthumously with the Academy Awards 1947 again with Mack Gordon for the song " I Can't Begin to Tell You " from the film The Dolly Sisters (1945).

In 1970 he was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame . Even decades after his death, his music is used for film scores, such as the song "You Made Me Love You", written with Joseph McCarthy in 1913 in the films Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Time of Awakening (1990) and Sphere from space (1998) or The greatest game of his life (2005).

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SURNAME Monaco, James V.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Monaco, James Vincent (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Formia , Italy
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1945
Place of death Beverly Hills , California