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Fred Fisher (I) (1875–1942)

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Composer, songwriter ("Chicago", "Peg O' My Heart", "And the Band Played On"), author and publisher, educated in Germany. He later served in the German Navy and the French Foreign Legion, and came to the USA in 1900, beginning his songwriting career in Chicago, then moving in New York. He became the manager of publishing firms Harms & Company and Leo Feist & Company... See full bio »

Born:

in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Died:

(age 66) in New York City, New York, USA
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2011 The Simpsons (TV series)
– The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants (2011) (music: "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine")
 
2011 The Playboy Club (TV series)
– Pilot (2011) (writer: "Chicago, That Toddlin' Town")
 
2010 Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (TV series documentary)
– Best Band in the Land (2010) (writer: "Daddy You've Been a Mother to Me" - uncredited)
 
2008 Be Kind Rewind (writer: "Your Feets Too Big")
 
2004 Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates (video documentary) (writer: "Chicago That Toddling Town")
 
2002 Chicago (writer: "Chicago" 1922)
 
2000 Liam (writer: "Happy Days and Lonely Nights")
 
1999 Swing (writer: "Blitzkrieg Baby")
 
1998 Little Voice (writer: "Chicago that toddlin' town" 1922)
 
1997 Titanic ("Come, Josephine, In My Flying Machine")
 
1996 Michael (writer: "Chicago That Toddling Town" 1922)
 
1991 Bix (writer: "Dardanella")
 
1991 Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (video) (writer: "Your Feet's Too Big" / as Fisher)
 
1988 Piece of Cake (TV mini-series)
– September 1939 (1988) (lyrics: "Whispering Grass Don't Tell The Trees" - uncredited)
 
1987 Orphans (writer: "CHICAGO")
 
1987 Harry and the Hendersons (writer: "Your Feet's Too Big")
 
1986 The Singing Detective (TV mini-series)
 
1983 Zelig (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" 1922)
 
1983 Bassie en Adriaan (TV series)
– Achter de wolken schijnt de zon (1983) (music: "Chicago")
 
1982 Forbidden Zone (writer: "Yiddishe Charleston" / as Fischer)
 
1981 This Is Elvis (music: "That's When Your Heartaches Begin")
 
1980 Big Blonde (TV movie) (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town")
 
1980 Raging Bull (lyrics: "Whispering Grass" 1940)
 
1979 The Waltons (TV series)
– The Silver Wings (1979) (music: "Come, Josephine in My Flying Machine Up She Goes!" 1910)
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary) (music: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" 1922 - uncredited)
 
1975 Dinah! (TV series)
– Episode #1.103 (1975) (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town")
 
1975 Funny Lady (writer: "Beautiful Face, Have a Heart" - uncredited / music: "Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong" - uncredited)
 
1974 Harry and Tonto (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" - uncredited)
 
1968 Funny Girl ("I'd Rather Be Blue Over You Than Be Happy With Somebody Else" as I'd Rather Be Blue)
 
1964 Judy Garland in Concert (documentary) (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town")
 
1963 The Judy Garland Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1963) (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" - uncredited)
 
1963 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
– Episode #17.1 (1963) (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" - uncredited)
 
1960 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
– Episode dated 7 December 1960 (1960) (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" - uncredited)
 
1957 The Joker Is Wild (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" - uncredited)
 
1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (music: "Come Josephine In My Flying Machine" - uncredited)
 
1952 What Price Glory (music: "Oui, Oui, Marie" - uncredited)
 
1952 With a Song in My Heart (writer: "CHICAGO")
 
1949 Oh, You Beautiful Doll (writer: "I Want You to Want Me", "When I Get You Alone Tonight", "Peg o' My Heart", "There's a Broken Heart for Every Light on Broadway", "Daddy, You've Been a Mother to Me", "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" / music: "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine", "Ireland Must Be Heaven, for My Mother Came from There" / lyrics: "Dardanella")
 
1949 Beyond the Forest (music: "Chicago" - uncredited)
 
1949 In the Good Old Summertime (music: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town")
 
1949 You're My Everything (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town")
 
1948 When My Baby Smiles at Me (music: "Oui, Oui, Marie")
 
1948 Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra in Redskin Rhumba (short) (music: "Peg o' My Heart")
 
1948 Call Northside 777 (music: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" 1922 - uncredited)
 
1947 Let's Sing an Old Time Song (short) (music: "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" - uncredited)
 
1947 Mother Wore Tights (writer: "Daddy, You've Been a Mother to Me" - uncredited)
 
1945 Coney Island Honeymoon (short) (music: "Come, Josephine in My Flying Machine" - uncredited / as Fred Fischer)
 
1944 Babes on Swing Street (music: "Peg O' My Heart" / lyrics: "Peg O' My Heart")
 
1944 The Fighting Seabees (music: "Ireland Must Be Heaven, for My Mother Came from There" - uncredited)
 
1943 Hi, Buddy (music: "Oui, Oui, Marie", "They Go Wild Over Me")
 
1942 For Me and My Gal (music: "They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me" 1917 - uncredited, "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" 1922 - uncredited)
 
1942 The Pride of the Yankees (music: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" 1922 - uncredited)
 
1942 Broadway (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" - uncredited)
 
1942 Roxie Hart (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town")
 
1941 Your Feet's Too Big (short) (writer: "Your Feet's Too Big")
 
1941 Tom Dick and Harry (writer: "Chicago")
 
1940 Tin Pan Alley (music: "Any Little Girl, That's a Nice Little Girl, is the Right Little Girl For Me" 1910 - uncredited)
 
1940 The Great Profile (music: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" 1922 - uncredited)
 
1940 Paramount Headliner: Frankie Masters and His Orchestra (short) (writer: "Peg O' My Heart")
 
1939 The Star Maker (lyrics: "Dardanella")
 
1939 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (writer: "COME, JOSEPHINE IN MY FLYING MACHINE" - uncredited, "CHICAGO" - uncredited)
 
1938 Angels with Dirty Faces (lyrics: "Angels with Dirty Faces" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1938 Three Comrades (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" 1922 - uncredited)
 
1938 Test Pilot (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" 1922 - uncredited)
 
1938 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Crawford (short) (writer: "Dance of the Blue Danube")
 
1937 Community Sing: Series 2, No. 1 (short) (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town")
 
1937 Slim (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" 1922 - uncredited)
 
1936 Shake, Mr. Shakespeare (short) (music: "Daddy, You've Been a Mother to Me" - uncredited)
 
1935 After Office Hours (writer: "Dardanella" - uncredited)
 
1934 A Lost Lady (music: "Chicago" 1922 - uncredited)
 
1934 Roast-Beef and Movies (short) (music: "Dust")
 
1933 Stage Mother (music: "Any Little Girl, That's a Nice Little Girl, Is the Right Little Girl for Me")
 
1933 The Little Giant (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" - uncredited)
 
1932 Big City Blues (lyrics: "Dardanella" - uncredited)
 
1931 Any Little Girl That's a Nice Little Girl (short) (music: "ANY LITTLE GIRL, THAT'S A NICE LITTLE GIRL, IS THE RIGHT LITTLE GIRL FOR ME")
 
1931 Thrills of Yesterday (short) (music: "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" - uncredited)
 
1930 Children of Pleasure (writer: "The Better Things in Life", "Girl Trouble" / music: "Dust", "Leave It That Way")
 
1930 Mammy (music: "Who Paid the Rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle?" - uncredited)
 
1930 The Girl Said No (music: "I Don't Want Your Kisses If I Can't Have Your Love" 1928 - uncredited / lyrics: "I Don't Want Your Kisses If I Can't Have Your Love" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1930 Broadway Folly (short) (writer: "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" - uncredited)
 
1930 Chasing Rainbows (writer: "My Dynamite Personality" - uncredited)
 
1930 The Song Writers' Revue (short) (lyrics: "Dardanella" / performer: "Dardanella")
 
1929 Their Own Desire (music: "Blue Is the Night" 1929 / lyrics: "Blue Is the Night" 1929)
 
1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (writer: "Bones and Tambourines" 1929 - uncredited, "Strike Up the Band" 1929 - uncredited, "Tableau of the Jewels" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929 So This Is College (writer: "I Don't Want Your Kisses If I Can't Have Your Love")
 
1929 Wonder of Women (music: "At Close Of Day" / lyrics: "At Close Of Day")
 
1929 Madonna of Avenue A (music: "My Madonna")
 
1928 My Man (music: "I'd Rather Be Blue Over You" - uncredited)
 
1928 Dorothy Whitmore (short) (music: "I'm Walking Between the Raindrops")
 
1928 The Larry Ceballos Revue (short) (music: "When the Morning Glories Wake Up in the Morning Then I'll Kiss Your Two Lips Good-Night" - uncredited)
 
1919 Eyes of the Soul (music: "Eyes of the Soul")
 
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1932 What Price Hollywood?
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1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (interpolations by)
 
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1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary) (grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists)
 
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1930 The Song Writers' Revue (short)
Himself
 
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Fascinating Flora (1907). Musical comedy. Music by Gustav Kerker. Book by R.H. Burnside and Joseph Herbert. Musical Director: Gustav Kerker. Lyrics by R.H. Burnside. Featuring songs by Jerome Kern, A. Baldwin Sloane, Fred Fisher [earliest Broadway credit], Harry C. Sutton, John Kemble and Lester W... See more »

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Alternate Names:

Fred Fischer
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Trivia:

Good friend of Lou Gehrig and Eleanor Gehrig. Wrote a song with Eleanor Gehrig titled "I Can't Get to First Base With You." See more »

Star Sign:

Libra