Vincent Rose (musician)

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Vincent Rose (born June 13, 1880 in Palermo , † May 20, 1944 in Rockville Center (New York) ) was an Italian-born American pianist, violinist, composer and band leader.

Vincent Rose came to the USA in 1897 and initially worked as a pianist and violinist in Chicago orchestras; he was then a popular band leader in southern California from the early 1920s, where he performed with his Montmartre Orchestra and made several records for Victor Records ; Harry Owens was his trumpeter back then before he started his own band. The song Linger Awhile , written jointly by Owens and Rose , became a hit that made the band known nationwide. With the same band staff he later recorded for Columbia Records as the Hollywood Orchestra . Eventually he left California, had an engagement at the College Inn in Chicago, and then settled in New York, where he performed at the Ritz-Carlton . As Vincent Rose and His Orchestra , further recordings were made in the 1930s, for example for Gennett, Perfect and Banner.

Rose was also a very active composer and songwriter who published over 200 songs; Among his best-selling titles in 1920 were Whispering , Avalon , with the lyrics by Al Jolson and Buddy DeSylva , which - despite the plagiarism dispute with Ricordi - was a great success for Jolson. In 1923 Linger Awhile , Pardon Me, Pretty Baby (1931), The Umbrella Man (1938) and in 1940 Blueberry Hill followed , with which Fats Domino celebrated the greatest success of his career in 1956. In the late 1930s and early 1940s Rose and befriended songwriters formed the group Songwriters On Parade , which performed in the seaside resorts of the east coast . Rose was later inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame .

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SURNAME Rose, Vincent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer and big band leader
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Palermo
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1944
Place of death Rockville Center (New York)