Nacio Herb Brown

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Ignacio "Nacio" Herb Brown (born February 22, 1896 in Deming , New Mexico , † September 28, 1964 in San Francisco , California ) was an American songwriter and composer of musicals and film scores . His music for Singin 'in the Rain has become a trademark of American Hollywood film musicals.

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Brown moved with his family to Los Angeles as a child and attended Manual Arts High School. After finishing school, he worked full-time as a salesman or real estate agent, but was already composing his own pieces. In the early 1920s he celebrated his first successes with his songs Coral Sea and When Buddha Smiles . In 1927 he joined the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and in 1928, at the beginning of the sound film era, he got a job as a composer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Hollywood , thus turning his musical passion into a profession. At MGM he often worked with the lyricist Arthur Freed , including The Pagan (1929), for which they wrote Pagan Love Song , and the well-known film musical Singin 'in the Rain . His most successful songs, some of which have become part of the Great American Songbook , include Singin 'in the Rain itself, You Are My Lucky Star , You Were Meant for Me , Temptation , All I Do Is Dream of You , Make' em Laugh and Good morning . Brown retired in 1950 and died in San Francisco in 1964. In 1970 he was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame .

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SURNAME Brown, Nacio Herb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brown, Ignacio Herb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Deming , New Mexico
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1964
Place of death San Francisco , California