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Bert Kalmar (February 10, 1884 – September 18, 1947) was an American songwriter, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He was also a screenwriter. Biography
Bert Kalmar. Writer: Duck Soup. Vaudevillian, song-and-dance man, tent show magician and juggler Bert Kalmar turned to writing parodies for the stage after a knee injury put an end to his performing career. However, at the urging of composer Ted Snyder, he soon put his talents to better use as a writer of popular songs. A chance encounter with pianist cum 'song plugger' Harry Ruby at Snyder ...
- February 16, 1884
- September 17, 1947
Bert Kalmar. Lyricist, Composer, Writer, Performer. (1884 - 1947) Bert Kalmar (1884-1947) began his show business career at a tender age, working as a magician and later a comic. After a knee injury sidelined his vaudeville career he and Harry Ruby formed their famous songwriting partnership in 1920. Their first success was a tune co-written ...
Bert Kalmar. Inductee. 1884- 1947 Born/Died. 1970 Inducted. Wrote "Who's Sorry Now?" and 1930 top hit "Three Little Words". Lyricist Bert Kalmar, one half of the legendary Kalmar & Ruby songwriting team, was born in New York City on February 16, 1884. As a child growing up in Manhattan, Kalmar performed as a magician in tent shows and then as a ...
Bert Kalmar. Long associated with the music of Harry Ruby, lyricist Bert Kalmar helped put songs into the mouths of such movie comedy teams as Wheeler & Woolsey and the Marx Brothers. Together Kalmar and Ruby authored…. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY:
Who was Bert Kalmar? Bert Kalmar was a Jewish American lyricist, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Kalmar, a native of New York City, left school at an early age and began working in vaudeville. He appeared on stage as a magician, comedian and dancer before switching to songwriting after a knee injury ended his ...
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Bert Kalmar. Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby’s collaboration spanned from the 1920s to 1940s, and took them from Tin Pan Alley to Broadway and eventually to Hollywood. Born in New York in 1884, Kalmar performed as a magician in tent shows and in vaudeville before founding a music publishing company. Born in New York in 1895, Ruby made a living as ...
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