Murray Mencher

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T. Murray Mencher (born October 5, 1898 in Boston , † November 6, 1991 in Miami ) was an American pianist , songwriter and songwriter .

Live and act

Mencher began his career in vaudeville and later worked as a pianist and composer for various music publishers, sometimes under the pseudonym Ted Murray . From the early 1930s he wrote songs by McKinney's Cotton Pickers ( I Want a Little Girl , 1930, Billy Moll ), Jimmie Lunceford , the Victor Arden- Phil Ohman Orchestra ( Ro-ro-rollin 'Along ) and other bands became known. He first wrote songs for Broadway shows such as Earl Carroll's Sketch Book (1935) and for nightclub revues in New York and Miami, and later he worked for the film studios in Hollywood. Merrily We Roll Along , the signature tune of Merrie Melodies , which he wrote with Charles Tobias and Eddie Cantor , is most memorable in the United States . His best-known songs include Alice in Wonderland, On the Bumpy Road to Love, Flowers for Madame, You're the Dream and Let's Swing It from the Warner Brothers and MGM cartoons of the 1930s and 1940s .

More songs

  • The Doll Dance (Murray Mencher, Charles Newman, Charles Tobias)
  • Don't Come Crying On My Shoulder ( Manny Kurtz , Arthur Altman, Murray Mencher)
  • Down Among the Sleepy Pines (Murray Mencher, Sidney Clare , Charles Tobias)
  • Gringola (Murray Menche, Charles Newman, Charles Tobias)
  • I Haven't Heard a Single Word from Baby (Eddie Cantor, Billy Moll, Murray Mencher)
  • I See Good (Raymond Leveen / T. Murray Mencher)
  • I Was Born to Be Loved (Sidney Clare, Murray Mencher)
  • Moonlight and Violins (Charles Tobias, Charles Newman, Murray Mencher)
  • Ro-Ro-Rollin 'Along (Billy Moll, Harry Richman, Murray Mencher)
  • Take Another Guess (Murray Mencher, Charles Newman, Al Sherman)
  • The Thief of Bagdad (Charles Tobias, Ralph Freed , Murray Mencher)
  • You Can't Pull the Wool over My Eyes ( Milton Ager , Charles Newman, Murray Mencher)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Warren Vaché : The Unsung Songwriters: America's Masters of Melodies , Scarecrow Press, 2000, p. 309
personal data
SURNAME Mencher, Murray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mencher, T. Murray
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1991
Place of death Miami