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In 1933, Youmans wrote the songs for Flying Down to Rio, the first film to feature Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as a featured dancing pair. [4] His score contained "Orchids in the Moonlight", "The Carioca", "Music Makes Me", and the title song. [3]
Vincent Youmans (born Sept. 27, 1898, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died April 5, 1946, Denver, Colo.) was an American songwriter best known for writing the scores for the musicals No, No, Nanette (1925), Hit the Deck (1927), and the first Fred Astaire–Ginger Rogers vehicle, Flying Down to Rio (1933).
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Composer Vincent Millie Youmans was born in New York City on September 27, 1898. Youmans attended the Trinity School in Mamaroneck, NY and Heathcote Hall in Rye New York. Originally, his ambition was to become an engineer but then took a brief job in a Wall Street brokerage firm.
Jan 5, 2020 · A leading Broadway composer of his day, Youmans collaborated with virtually all the greatest lyricists on Broadway: Ira Gershwin, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammers ...more. “Vincent Millie Youmans...
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Sep 23, 2020 · Tea For Two (1924) Sheet Music Singer. 17.7K subscribers. Subscribed. 40. 2.2K views 3 years ago. A 1924 popular song. Words by Irving Caesar. Music by Vincent Youmans.
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Vincent Youmans wrote More Than You Know, Carioca, Without a Song, Tea for Two and other songs. Explore Discuss
May 18, 2018 · Youmans, Vincent (Millie), American composer and theatrical producer; b. N.Y., Sept. 27,1898; d. Denver, April 5, 1946. Youmans wrote some of the defining songs of the 1920s, including “Tea for Two” “I Want to Be Happy” and “More than You Know.”
