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Harry Rubenstein (January 27, 1895 – February 23, 1974), known professionally as Harry Ruby, was an American pianist, composer, songwriter and screenwriter, [2] who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. [3] He was married to silent film actress Eileen Percy.
Harry Ruby. Music Department: Duck Soup. As 'Harry Ruby', Harry Rubenstein was a 'song plugger' for Gus Edwards and for George Gershwin at Jerome H. Remick's, the Detroit music publishing firm. He had unfulfilled ambitions to become a professional baseball player and had previously worked the vaudeville circuit as a pianist with The Bootblack ...
- January 27, 1895
- February 23, 1974
Harry Ruby, one half of the famed Kalmar & Ruby songwriting team, was born in New York City on January 27, 1895. Growing up in New York, he attended public schools and in his early career worked as a pianist and song plugger for the Gus Edwards and Harry Von Tilzer publishing firms (one of his co-workers at Edwards' place was the young Walter ...
Feb 25, 1974 · LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24—Harry Ruby, popular‐song composer and writer of Broadway stage scores and movie scenarios, died last night in the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills.
Oct 10, 2015 · Songwriter Harry Ruby, who was portrayed by Red Skelton in the MGM musical "Three Little Words," is the surprise subject in this episode of "This is Your Life". Guests include baseball legend Al...
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Composer, Lyricist, Writer, Pianist. (1895 - 1974) Harry Ruby worked as a pianist around New York and in vaudeville. He was also a song plugger for music publishers and collaborated with several songwriters before he and Bert Kalmar formed their famous songwriting partnership in 1920.
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Harry Ruby. Composer Harry Ruby enjoyed a long career songwriting for Broadway and Hollywood musicals, almost always in collaboration with lyricist Bert Kalmar. Born in N.Y.C. in 1895, he got his start working as…. Read Full Biography.
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