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Ralph Rainger Follow Artist + 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…
Oct 23, 2001 · Thanks for the Memory: Songs of Ralph Rainger by Ralph Rainger released in 2001. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript.
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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Leo Robin (April 6, 1900 – December 29, 1984) was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter.He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning song "Thanks for the Memory," sung by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938, and with Jule Styne on "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," a song whose witty, Cole Porter style of lyric ...
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. Rainger and Robin turned out dozens of songs for ...
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. Born in N.Y.C., 1901, Rainger taught himself music composition and theory while still in high school.
