Paul Robert Ash (February 11, 1891, German Empire — July 13, 1958, Manhattan, New York)[1] was a German orchestra leader, composer, vaudeville personality, and recording artist, who emigrated to the United States.
He recorded several hit songs: "Rememb'ring" (Brunswick, 1924), with his Granada Orchestra, "My Pet" (Columbia, 1928) and "Shadows on the Swanee" (Columbia, 1933). He also penned Kay Kyser's theme "Thinking of You."
In 1928 he performed a three week engagement in New York City at the Paramount Theatre with a young Ginger Rogers as her career was beginning.
He was born in the German Empire but, at the age of one, moved to America.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ William F. Lee (2005). American big bands. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-634-08054-8. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
- ^ The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, Third edition, New York: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, 1966 OCLC 598257
- ^ ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, Fourth edition, compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers by Jaques Cattell Press, New York: R.R. Bowker, 1980 OCLC 7065938
- ^ The Big Bands, Revised edition, by George Thomas Simon, New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Collier Books, 1974 OCLC 1236726
- ^ The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900–1950, bio in Vol. 2 of 3 Vols., by Roger D. Kinkle, New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House Publishers, 1974 OCLC 897890
- ^ Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines, Volume 4: September 1955 — August 1958, New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1960
- ^ 'Ginger: My Story 'by Ginger Rogers, New York, New York: HarperCollins, 1991