Songwriter ("I'll Remember April", "Cow Cow Boogie", "Teach Me Tonight"), composer, pianist, singer and arranger, educated at Benjamin Franklin High School and in private piano study. He was a pianist in dance orchestras, and toured theatres as a singer, also arranging music for vocal groups before working under contract to film studios...See full bio »
1959Li'l Abner
(music: "It's a Typical Day", "If I Had My Druthers", "Jubilation T. Cornpone", "Rag Offen the Bush", "Namely You", "What's Good for General Bullmoose", "The Country's in the Very Best of Hands", "I'm Past My Prime", "Put 'em Back", "Matrimonial Stomp")
1956You Can't Run Away from It
(music: "You Can't Run Away From It" 1956, "Howdy Friends and Neighbors", "Thumbin' A Ride", "Temporarily", "Scarecrow Ballet" - uncredited)
1942Behind the Eight Ball
(writer: "Atlas Did It, But He Won't Admit It", "Keep 'Em Laughing", "Bravest of the Brave", "Don't You Think We Ought To Dance", "Riverboat Jamboree", "You Don't Know What Love Is", "Wasn't It Wonderful?" / "Mr. Five by Five")
1941Keep 'Em Flying
(music: "Let's Keep 'Em Flying" 1941, "Pig Foot Pete" 1941, "The Boy With the Wistful Eyes" 1941)
1941In the Navy
(music: "Starlight, Starbright" 1941, "We're Off to See the World" 1941, "Gimme Some Skin, My Friend" 1941, "A Sailor's Life for Me" 1941, "We're in the Navy" 1941, "Hula-Ba-Luau" 1941)
1941Hellzapoppin'
(music: "Watch The Birdie", "You Were There", "What Kind of Love Is This?", "Heaven for Two", "Hellzapoppin'", "Putting on the Dog", "Congeroo", "Conga Beso")
1941Moonlight in Hawaii
(music: "All for One", "It's People Like You", "Poi", "We'll Have a Lot of Fun", "Moonlight in Hawaii", "Aloha Low Down")
1941San Antonio Rose
(music: "Mexican Jumping Bean", "You've Got What It Takes")
1994That's Entertainment! III
(documentary)
(grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists - as Gene De Paul)
1976That's Entertainment, Part II
(documentary)
(acknowledgement: the special style and content of the musical sequences were created by - as Gene De Paul)
1974That's Entertainment!
(documentary)
(acknowledgment: composer of the words and music)
(2008) His musical revue, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," was performed at the Circle Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Rachel Quinn in the cast. Kevin Bellie was choreographer.
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Was nominated for Broadway's 1983 Tony Award as Best Score, with his original lyrics and the original music of 'Johnny Merce' cited with additional, new music and lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, for "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers."
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