Ray Bloch
Raymond A. Bloch (born August 3, 1902 in Alsace-Lorraine , † March 29, 1982 ) was an American orchestra and choir director , composer , arranger and pianist .
Life
Ray Bloch emigrated to the United States with his parents during the First World War . In the 1920s he had his first jobs as a pianist in New York dance bands. He founded his own jazz - quintet and toured with it by the United States. At the end of the 1920s he switched to radio and played as a pianist for various radio stations. In 1931 he became a longtime arranger and accompanist of the then popular quartet The Eton Boys . He later led various choir groups, including the Swing Fourteen .
Since 1939 he registered his own compositions with the US collecting society for music rights, ASCAP . Most of the time he wrote the songs together with W. Edward Breuder and Paul Rosincky. His most successful titles as a composer include “When Love Has Gone” , “You're Everything That's Lovely” , “In the Same Old Way” , “In My Little Red Book” , “The Wide Open Spaces” , “Sam the Vegetable” Man ” , “ Let's Make Up a Little Party ” or “ If You Were Mine ” .
He became orchestra leader through the CBS show Johnny Presents , where he succeeded conductors such as Ferde Grofé , Leo Reisman and Russ Morgan . He later served as the musical director of the Ed Sullivan Show (he appeared as such in the 1963 film "Bye Bye Birdie") and Steve Allen's Show Songs for Sale and many other shows on US television.
Ray Bloch's orchestras and choirs also repeatedly released records. Among other things, they released several LPs with covers of current hits as the Ray Bloch Singers in the second half of the 1960s .
Ray Bloch was married to the singer Ann Seaton.
Web links
- Ray Bloch's biography
- List of songs by Raymond A. Bloch registered with ASCAP
- Review of an album by the Ray Bloch Singers
- Ray Bloch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 1966 Edition (quoted in Ray Bloch's biography, see above)
- ↑ gravediggervideo.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bloch, Ray |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bloch, Raymond A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American choir and orchestra director, composer, pianist, arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alsace-Lorraine |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1982 |