Phil Charig

Phil Charig (born August 31, 1902 in New York City , † July 21, 1960 ibid) was an American composer and songwriter who was nominated for the Oscar for best song at the Academy Awards in 1939 .

Life

After attending Commerce High School and shortly afterwards began working as a composer and songwriter for Broadway theater productions and revues such as "Allez-Oop", "Americana" (1926) and "Shoot the Works". His Broadway melodies, known since the mid-1920s, included songs like “Let Yourself Go”, “Where Are You?” “Yes, Yes, Yvette”, “Just Fancy”, “Follow the Girls”, “For Days and Days "," Six O'Clock "," Happy Melody "," One-Two-Three "," Sunny Disposish "," Sweet So-and-So "," Fancy Our Meeting "," The One I'm Looking For "," It's Not You "," Take It or Leave It "," There's Almost Tomorrow "," I Wanna Get Married "and" Twelve O'Clock and All Is Well ".

In addition, Charig, who became a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1927 and worked with personalities such as Ira Gershwin , Dan Shapiro , Irving Caesar and Milton Pascal , also wrote songs for the London music productions "That's a Good Girl" and "Stand Up and Sing"

He also composed songs for a few films and in 1939, together with Arthur Quenzer, became the film How we live happily for the theme song Merrily We Live ! (1938) nominated for an Oscar in the Best Song category. He also created music for the Laurel and Hardy film Als Salontiroler (1938) and the TV series by the entertainer and comedian Milton Berle, which began in 1948 .

Web links

• Phil Charig in the Internet Movie Database (English)