Ralph Freed

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Ralph Freed (born May 1, 1907 in Vancouver , † February 13, 1973 in Los Angeles ) was an American songwriter , songwriter and TV producer.

Live and act

Freed attended Hollywood High School. He began his career as a contract writer for the Paramount, Universal and MGM studios. From 1931 member of the ASCAP , he worked in the following years a. a. with Sammy Fain , Frederick Hollander , Jimmy McHugh and Harry Barris . Freed wrote the song How About You? With Burton Lane . The Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney in the musical Babes on Broadway singing. The song was awarded for the Academy Award for Best Songnominated. From 1954 he was primarily active as a producer of television shows and films.

Ralph Freed was the brother of Ruth, Walter and Arthur Freed .

Well-known songs

  • Little Dutch Mill (with Harry Barris)
  • Who Walks in When I Walk Out?
  • Mama Don't Allow It
  • You Leave Me Breathless (with Fred Hollander)
  • Lovelight in the Starlight (with Fred Hollander)
  • Please Don't Say 'No', Say 'Maybe'
  • I Never Felt More Like Falling in Love
  • Adios amigo
  • I Thought of You Last Night
  • Just the Way You Are
  • All the time
  • The Color of Your Eyes (with Frank Skinner )
    for the film The House of the Seven Gables
  • You and Me (with Frederick Hollander)
  • The Young Man With a Horn
  • In a Moment of Madness (with Jimmy McHugh)
  • Madam, I Love Your Crepe Suzettes
  • Anything Can Happen in New York
  • How About You?
  • Little Dutch Mill
  • Who Walks in When I Walk Out?
  • Mama Don't Allow It
  • The Swiss Bellringer (with Walter G. Samuels)
  • You Leave Me Breathless

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Billboard Jan. 18, 1997
  2. ↑ Thomas S. Hischak: The Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theater, Film, and Television . Oxford University Press, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Freed, Ralph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Vancouver
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1973
Place of death los Angeles