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Dick Manning

Date de naissance 12.7.1912 à Gomel, Russie, Fédération de

Date de décès 11.4.1991 à Marietta, GA, Etats-Unis d Amérique

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Dick Manning

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Dick Manning

Dick Manning (June 12, 1912 April 11, 1991)[1] was a Russian-born American songwriter, best known for his many collaborations with Al Hoffman.

Manning was born in Gomel, and came to the United States with his family when he was six years old. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music.[1] Manning changed his name from Medoff in 1948, when he was beginning to have success with his songwriting.[1]

In the early 1940s, he had a radio show on WHN radio in New York called Sam Medoff and His Yiddish Swing Orchestra; he performed with his band, "The Yiddish Swingtet".[1] Manning and the band were also regulars on "Yiddish Melodies in Swing", which was also broadcast on WHN. The 15 minute weekly radio show, which blended traditional Yiddish folk music with swing and jazz, got its start on the station in 1938. Medoff and the Swingtet were hired to give a new twist to the traditional songs, as well as introduce new popular songs performed in Yiddish. The Barry Sisters (Claire and Merna) were the vocalists for the program.[2][3] The radio show was originally done live at the Lowes State Theatre every Sunday at 1PM; it aired until 1955.[4][5] Medoff also played piano and organ for Yiddish crooner Seymour Rexite's radio show.[6]

Manning was the co-writer of many popular songs, among them: "Takes Two to Tango," "Fascination", "Hot Diggity" and "Papa Loves Mambo." They were recorded by artists such as Perry Como, Sammy Kaye, Kate Smith and others; they have been published in 27 languages.[7][1] He also composed The Boys From Boise, the first full-length television musical, which was presented on the DuMont Television Network in 1944, appearing earlier in that year on DuMont's Key-Bored Televisual Presentations as a pianist.[8][9][10] Manning also was an arranger, vocal coach and wrote radio jingles.[7]

Manning, the father of two daughters and a son, died of diabetes-related complications in Marietta, Georgia on April 11, 1991.[7]

Published songs

Songs written by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning

  • Allegheny Moon (1956)
  • Dennis the Menace (1960)
  • Gilly, Gilly, Ossenfeffer, Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea (1954)
  • Hawaiian Wedding Song (1958-English version)[11]
  • Hot Diggity (1956)
  • I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango (1954)
  • I Love Her, That's Why! (for George Burns and Gracie Allen) (1955)
  • Mama, Teach Me to Dance (1956)
  • Moon Talk (1958)
  • O Dio Mio (1960)
  • Takes Two to Tango (1952)

Songs written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning and another collaborator

  • Are You Really Mine? (1958) (with Mark Markwell)
  • Make Me a Miracle (1958) (with Mark Markwell)
  • Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again (1958) (with Mark Markwell)
  • Papa Loves Mambo (1954) (with Bix Reichner)
  • Secretly (1958) (with Mark Markwell)

Other songs

  • Jilted (with Robert Colby)
  • Fascination (lyrics)
  • Not I (with Sammy Gallop)
  • Walkin' With My Honey (with Buddy Kaye) [12]
  • Morning Side of the Mountain[11]

Work on Broadway

  • The Fifth Season (1975) - musical - composer and lyricist

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Dick Manning. IMDB. Retrieved on 16 December 2010.
  2. The Barry Sisters. Donttellyour friends (31 October 2008). Retrieved on 17 December 2010.
  3. Yiddish Radio Project; Story of the Long-Running Jewish Radio Program "Yiddish Melodies in Swing" Transcript. National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved on 17 December 2010.
  4. Matt Temkin (December 2008). American Yiddish Instrumental Fusion Music in the 1950s and 1960s. Matt Temkin. Retrieved on 17 December 2010.
  5. The Rise of Yiddish Swing. Yiddish Radio Project. Retrieved on 17 December 2010.
  6. The Yiddish Crooner: Seymour Rexite. Yiddish Radio Project. Retrieved on 17 December 2010.
  7. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named NYT
  8. The Boys From Boise. Musicals101.com. Retrieved on 16 December 2010.
  9. (4 March 1944) DuMont Television, Billboard. URL accessed 17 December 2010.
  10. (2008) The Oxford Companion to the American Musical:Theatre, Film, and Television, Oxford University Press. URL accessed 15 December 2012.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Dick Manning Biography. AllMusic. Retrieved on April 15, 2014.
  12. Buddy Kaye. AllMusic.com. Retrieved on 17 December 2010.

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