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  Ralph Rainger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ralph Rainger (October 7, 1901 - October 23, 1942) was an American composer of popular music principally for films.
Born Ralph Reichenthal in New York City, Rainger embarked on a legal career before escaping to Broadway where he became Clifton Webb's accompanist.
Rainger's career was cut tragically short by a plane crash in California.
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 RALPH RAINGER sheet music I Hear A Dream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
American pop composer Ralph Rainger started out as a Tin Pan Alley and Broadway writer, but went on to become one of Hollywood's most prolific composers (especially during the 1930s), and is most remembered for his work with lyricist Leo Robin.
Rainger and Robin worked for Paramount Pictures from 1932 until 1938, and became the leading film songwriting duo of the '30s and early '40s, with over 50 hits.
Ralph Rainger collaborated with Leo Robin until Rainger's tragic death in a plane crash on October 23, 1942, outside of Palm Springs, CA.
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 Songwriters Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
omposer Ralph Rainger was born in New York City on October 7, 1900.
Webb had gotten Ralph the job as pianist in the pit orchestra and during one of the rehearsals they felt that a song was needed.
Ralph Rainger died in Beverly Hills, CA on October 23, 1942 at the age of 41.
www.songwritershalloffame.org /exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=236   (258 words)

  
 Leo Robin: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com
Prolific American pop and show tunes lyricist Leo Robin [+] was active from the mid-'20s through the early '50s, and is most noted for his work with composer Ralph Rainger [+].
In 1932, Robin went out to Hollywood to work for Paramount Pictures, and he and Rainger became the leading film songwriting duo of the '30s and early '40s, with over 50 hits.
Robin and Rainger worked together until Rainger's death in a plane crash in October 1942.
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 'R' ENTRIES - Page 1 on the COMPOSERS - LYRICISTS DATABASE
In the 1930's and '40's, Ralph Rainger was one of Hollywood's most prolific composers.
Ralph learned to play the piano at an early age, and was teaching himself composition and theory from various texts at age 13, -while still in a Newark, NJ, high school.
Rainger had also written two of 1929s biggest hits; "Louise", a huge Maurice Chevalier hit, and 1929s "I Have to Have You".
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 American Songwriters (Anniversaries)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ralph Rainger was born in New York City on October 7, 1901.
Ralph Rainger plays and Leo Robin sings "Love in Bloom" (Jack Benny's theme song).
Rainger performs with Mischa (Jack Benny, violin) on "Love in Bloom" and "Ida Sweet As Apple Cider" (Eddie Leonard-Eddie Muncon).
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Words by Ralph Freed and music by Frederick Hollander.
Words and music by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger.
By Roger Edens, Hugh Martin, and Ralph Blane.
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 Ralph Rainger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
His music and songs have been used in over 120 movies.
Some of Rainger's notable non-nominated songs written with Robin include "Blue Hawaii," "Dreaming Out Loud," "Ebb Tide," "Havin' Myself a Time," "I Wished on the Moon" (w.
Rainger was killed in a plane crash in 1942.
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 1940s: Notable California Aviation Disasters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
All 12 passengers and crew aboard the plane died in the fiery crash.
Among the passengers killed was Academy Award-winning Hollywood composer Ralph Rainger, 41, who had written or collaborated on such hit songs as “Louise,” “Love in Bloom” (comedian Jack Benny’s theme song), “Faithful Forever,” “June in January,” “Blue Hawaii” and “Thanks for the Memory,” which entertainer Bob Hope adopted as his signature song.
In a separate legal development, a lawsuit seeking $227,637 was filed against American Airlines on behalf of crash victim Ralph Rainger’s wife, Elizabeth, who was left widowed with three small children.
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 MMD Archives Subject Index for: Ralph
Passing of Composer Ralph Arnie 1924-2003, from Hans van Oost
Piano Roll Artist Ralph Rainger, from John Farrell
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 Musicroom.com - Sheet Music for Musicians - Search Results
If I Should Lose You [Robin, Leo] [Rainger, Ralph]
June In January (Here Is My Heart) [Robin, Leo] [Rainger, Ralph]
Thanks For The Memory (Big Broadcast Of 1938) [Robin, Leo] [Rainger, Ralph]
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 'R' ENTRIES - Page 3 on the COMPOSERS - LYRICISTS DATABASE
His principal collaborator was composer Ralph Rainger, and the team wrote for a great many Hollywood films.
Leo Robin's work for the Hollywood studios began in 1929, when he contributed songs for the Chevalier film "Innocents of Paris" and his film work ended in 1975 when he contributed songs to the film "Sheila Levine is Dead and Living In New York".
The following five years were spent under contract to Twentieth Century-Fox Films wiritng for Betty Grable; Rita Hayworth and Alice Faye.
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 Movie Database - [TV Guide Online]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bing is his usual relaxed self, with his voice doing its bit.
The song "Love in Bloom" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song (the first year an award was presented in that category), but lost to "The Continental" from the GAY DIVORCEE.
Benjamin Glazer (based on the play by Howard Lindsay from the novel by Edward Hope)
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 Nat King Cole
I'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING (Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen) 4.
LOVE IN BLOOM (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) 6.
JUNE IN JANUARY (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) 7.
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 Recordings - Gladys Swarthout
The below tables are just getting started and will be added to in the future!
If I should Lose You - Rose of the Rancho - 1935 - Words and Music by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger
Thunder Over Paradise - Rose of the Rancho - 1935 - by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger
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 Sheet Music: R
WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN. William A. Rose (w) -- Ralph Rainger (m).
Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger, Sammy Timberg and Winston Sharples (w & m).
Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger (w and m).
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 ShowTunes, RealTunes or Cartoons?: “For the Record”   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Easy Living - Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger
Miss Brown To You - Leo Robin / Richard Whiting / Ralph Rainger
Moanin’ Low - Ralph Rainger / Howard Dietz
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 JAZZ @ THE TENSPOT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
SET #6: Music of the Great American Composers: Ralph Rainger, born October, 7, 1901, in Manhattan, he died in 1942.
Cut #23"Moanin' Low", [Howard Dietz-Ralph Rainger] (1929){Little Show} 3:16
Paul Desmond, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, RCA Bluebird
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 Kendor Music Online - IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU USC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Kendor Music Online - IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU USC
This popular standard by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger has been arranged for medium level jazz combos in a relaxed bossa nova style.
As with all charts in this series, the music is scored for three horns and rhythm section.
www.kendormusic.com /2004/5203.htm   (140 words)

  
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Easy to Love - Cole Porter - Cole Porter - Chappell & Co., Inc. - 1936
Ebb Tide - Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger - Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger - Popular Melodies Inc. - 1937
Eyes of the Soul - Fred Fisher - Ralph Williams - McCarthy & Fisher Inc. - 1919
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