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Ralph Rainger (né Reichenthal; October 7, 1901 – October 23, 1942) was an American composer of popular music principally for films.
Composer Ralph Rainger was born in New York City on October 7, 1900. Showing an early talent for composition, he won and accepted a scholarship to New York’s prestigious Damrosch Institute of Music, however, under pressure from his family for a more sensible career, Rainger dropped out after just a year and began working his way through Law ...
Ralph Rainger (October 7, 1901 – October 23, 1942) was an American composer of popular music principally for films.Thanks for the Memory" (1938) is a popular...
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Born Ralph Reichenthal, Ralph Rainger (1901-1942) moved to Hollywood in the early 1930s and found success there as a songwriter. He was killed when his commercial airline flight collided with a...
Ralph Rainger. Music Department: The Big Broadcast of 1938. He was one of the era's great composers and songwriters. Ralph Rainger penned numerous popular standards, often working in collaboration with lyricist Leo Robin.
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Ralph Rainger. 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…. Read Full Biography.
Ralph Rainger, the man who wrote those songs, was a pianist and recovering lawyer from Newark, N.J., who also composed such standards as "Easy Living," "If I Should Lose You," "Here Lies Love," "Moanin' Low," "June in January," "Please" and "Blue Hawaii," most often with lyricist Leo Robin.
