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The Omaha Guide
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
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Biographical sketch of a composer who wrote over 1,000 songs including 'Till We Meet Again', self-taught from childhood in Peoria, Ill., failed in show business, succeeded with publisher Jerome H. Remick, moved to Hollywood, and died suddenly this year.
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Born in Peoria. Ill. of parents who were musically inclined. he took to teaching himself by the time he could pull over a piano stool and reach the keys.
He "prepped" for college in Harvard Military School in Los Angeles. tried to go into show business with Mickey Nellan failed. and went back to Peoria where he took to writing songs.
His work attracted the attention of publisher Jerome H. Remick. who invited the young composer to join his staff.
When Hollywood called for the nation's leading composers, he was one of the first to go.
It was in Hollywood that he passed away suddenly this year His membership in the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers. now transferred to his estate, continues to protect his rights for the benefit of his family
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Peoria, Ill.; Los Angeles; Hollywood
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Born in Peoria, Ill. to musically inclined parents, the composer self-taught piano young, prepped at Harvard Military School in Los Angeles, failed in show business with Mickey Nellan, returned to Peoria to write songs, joined Jerome H. Remick's staff, moved to Hollywood, and died suddenly this year, leaving over 1,000 songs including 'Till We Meet Again'.