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Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film.
Apr 15, 2024 · Harry Warren (born December 24, 1893, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died September 22, 1981, Los Angeles, California) was an American songwriter who, by his own estimate, produced 300 to 400 songs from 1922 through 1960, many for Hollywood films and Broadway musical productions.
Through the later 1950s, he mainly wrote scores for dramatic movies such as An Affair to Remember and Separate Tables. On his 80th birthday, he was elected into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Warren died in Los Angeles, California on September 22, 1981.
Sep 23, 1981 · Harry Warren, the composer of more than 300 popular songs for more than 50 Hollywood films - the best known of which, ''42d Street,'' lives on in a Broadway stage version...
Oct 1, 2009 · AMERICAN ICONS: Harry Warren. He was “the invisible man,” according to the writer William Zinsser, a classic example of a songwriter whose songs are far more famous than he is.
Harry Warren was born on 24 December 1893 in Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Shape of Water (2017), An Affair to Remember (1957) and Sphere (1998).
Harry Warren was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe".
In 1932 he teamed with lyricist Al Dubin and settled in Hollywood, writing for hundreds of films by 1957. Their 1932 film, 42nd Street, was an enormous hit. Warren claims that “Getting to Be a Habit with Me” was the first “drug” song.
Jan 1, 2002 · Today, as part of our series on American popular song, we continue our profile of Harry Warren (1893-1981), a successful but little known songwriter who produced a number of hits during the...
Harry Warren. Leading film composer best remembered for his innovative 30s film musicals scored with lyricist Al Dubin. Read Full Biography.
