Johnny Lange

John George ("Johnny") Lange (born August 15, 1905 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States ; † January 6, 2006 in Los Angeles , California , United States) was an American song composer who composed mostly film music.

Life

Lange was born in Philadelphia and attended high school there . In 1937 he joined the music department of a film studio. In 1940 he joined the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers , where he met his important companions Archie Gottler and Jack Meskill . After the Second World War he resumed his work as a film composer, working with Lew Porter around 1946 and 1947 . He also wrote special music for night club singers and the "Ice Capades of 1950".

He was best known for the song Mule Train , which he wrote in 1948. The songwriting team Glickman (1903-1981), Heath and 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.

Johnny Lange died on January 6, 2006 at the age of one hundred.

Works (selection)

According to the online database ASCAP, he was the author or co-author of 211 pieces of music.

Web links

Johnny Lange at the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ 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
↑ smoking guns in the Internet Movie Database (English)
^ The 1951 Oscars in the Internet Movie Data Base
↑ Frankie Laine - Mule Train sS metrolyrics.com
^ ACE Title Search . In: ASCAP Clearance Express . American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers . Archived from the original on March 6, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2015: "Search Writers for Lange Johnny"

personal data
SURNAME	Long, Johnny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lange, John George (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American film composer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 15, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States
DATE OF DEATH	January 6, 2006
Place of death	Los Angeles , California , United States

[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

[ACE-5] ACE Title Search . In: ASCAP Clearance Express . American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers . Archived from the original on March 6, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2015: "Search Writers for Lange Johnny"