Harry Warren
Harry Warren (1893–1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. Over six decades he wrote more than 800 songs, many of which became lasting standards of the Hollywood musical.
His strongest claim is the motion-picture musical. Between 1932 and 1957 he worked for Warner Brothers, Twentieth Century-Fox, MGM and Paramount; some 250 of his songs were published from those films, and fifty-six became standards.
He won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song and was nominated eleven times. Songs such as Chattanooga Choo Choo, Lullaby of Broadway, You'll Never Know, At Last, I Only Have Eyes for You and That's Amore remain among the most familiar of the twentieth century. He also scored the first blockbuster film musical, 42nd Street, later adapted for Broadway.
Press quotes
By silent consensus, the king of this army of unknown soldiers, the Hollywood incognitos, was Harry Warren, who had more songs on the Hit Parade than Berlin himself and who would win the contest hands down if enough people have heard of him.
The familiarity of Harry Warren's songs is matched by the anonymity of the man … he is the invisible man, his career a prime example of the oblivion that cloaked so many writers who cranked out good songs for bad movies.
Compositions by Harry Warren appear on
Little Wing: Standards Inspired by Angels
Tried-and-true jazz standards fashioned around the theme of angels. Vocalist Debra Blaquiere is joined by award-winning pianist Joe Chindamo and bassist Philip Rex.
Just For The Record
Renowned jazz singer Linda Cable gathers moody ballads and up-tempo standards in a polished set that moves from cool and slinky to full swing.
Lady Sings the Viol
The concept behind Lady Sings the Viol was a CD of “covers”: five singers, alone and together, take songs from 1300 to the present, from Piaf and Schubert to John Paul Jones and Elena Kats-Chernin.