Fred E. Ahlert(1892-1953)

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Composer
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He was educated at Townsend Harris Hall, at City College of New York and at Fordham University Law School. He began arranging for Waterson, Berlin and Snyder, and wrote special material for vaudeville. He did the first arrangements for the new Fred Waring Glee Club. Joining ASCAP in 1920, he served as a director for 20 years, between 1933 and 1953, and as its president from 1948 to 1950. His chief musical collaborators included Roy Turk, Sam Lewis, Joe Young, Harry Richman, Bing Crosby, and Edgar Leslie. His popular songs include "I'll Get By"; "The Moon Was Yellow"; "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter"; "Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day" (the Bing Crosby theme); "Mean to Me"; "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"; "I'd Love to Fall Asleep and Wake Up in My Mammy's Arms"; You Oughta See My Baby"; "I Gave You Up Before You Threw Me Down"; "There's a Cradle in Caroline"; "Love, You Funny Thing"; "Sing an Old-Fashioned Song"; "Life is a Song"; "The Image of You"; "Take My Heart"; I Don't Know Why"; and "I Wake Up Smiling".

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Known for:

Magic in the Moonlight

6.5

Soundtrack("I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)")

2014

Zelig

7.7

Soundtrack("I'll Get By")

1983

You've Got Mail

6.7

Soundtrack("I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter")

1998

Mighty Aphrodite

7.0

Soundtrack("Walkin' My Baby Back Home")

1995

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In Gay Madrid
- music by
- 1930
Free and Easy
- words and music by
- 1930
Marianne
- music and lyrics by
- 1929

Composer

Soundtrack

Quiz
- writer: "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"
- TV Mini Series
- 2020
Write Myself a Letter
- writer: "Im Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter"
- Music Video
- 2019
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- writer: "Walking My Baby Back Home"
- TV Series
- 2018
Vår tid är nu
- music: "Sakta vi gå genom stan (Walkin' My Baby Back Home)" (uncredited)
- TV Series
- 2018
The Tunnel
- writer: "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (uncredited)
- TV Series
- 2018
Stranger Things
- writer: "There Is Frost on the Moon"
- TV Series
- 2017
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
- writer: "There's Frost on the Moon and Spring in My Heart"
- 2017
Boardwalk Empire
- writer: "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"
- writer: "The Dumber They Come The Better I Like Them" (uncredited)
- TV Series
- 2010–2014
Magic in the Moonlight
- writer: "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)"
- 2014
Waltz for Monica
- writer: "Sakta vi gå genom stan"
- 2013
Canopy
- writer: "Walking My Baby Back Home"
- 2013
Great Performances
- music: "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter"
- music: "Ain't Misbehavin' / Mean to Me"
- writer: "Mean To Me"
- TV Series
- 1985–2012
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
- music: "It Must Be You" (uncredited)
- TV Mini Series
- 2010
30 Rock
- writer: "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (uncredited)
- TV Series
- 2009
Loose Women
- writer: "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"
- TV Series
- 2009

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Alternative names
- Fred A. Ahlert
Born
- September 19, 1892
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- October 20, 1953
- New York City, New York, USA
Other works
It Happens on Ice (1940). Special. Music by Vernon Duke, Fred E. Ahlert and Peter De Rose. Lyrics by Al Stillman and Mitchell Parish. Musical Director: Erno Rapee. Choreographed by Catherine Littlefield. Assistant Choreographer: Robert Linden. Scenic Design by Norman Bel Geddes. Costume Design by Norman Bel Geddes. Lighting Design by Norman Bel Geddes. Conducted by David Mendoza. Directed by Leon Leonidoff. Center Theatre: 10 Oct 1940- 15 Jun 1941 (276 performances/on hiatus from 8 Mar 1941- 4 Apr 1941). Cast: Dorothy Allan, John Anderson, Donald Arthur, Betty Atkinson, Rawdon Barnes, Shirley Barney, Lloyd Baxter, Meryl Baxter, Gene Berg, Jeanne Berman, Howard Bissell, Edwina Blades, Eileen Brokaw, Audrey Butler, Gweneth Butler, Dorothy Caley, Hazel Caley, Angela Carson, Paul Castle, Charles Cavanaugh, Dorothy Chandler, Lynn Clare, Louise Clark, Lyle Clark, Joe Cook, Kay Corcoran, Jo Ann Dean, Bill Dewey, George Dewey, Fritz Dietl, John Dunaway, Marion Eddy, Joan Edwards, Scott Edwards, Arthur Erickson, Peggy Fahy, June Forrest, The Four Bruises, Gladys Gooding, Buster Grace, Ian Grey, Hertha Grossman, Charles Hain, William Hanston, Janet Hester, Theckla Horn, Pearl Joseph, May Judels, Jack Kilty, Felix Knight, Leon Kosofsky, Reszka Law, Le Verne, Tommy Lee, Bernice Loughborough, Tex Mangrum, Fred Marshall, Andy McBann, Albert McNulty, Margot Miller, Dr. A. Douglas Nelles, Arthur Nelles, Ruth Noland, Patsy O'Day, Lillian Oldham, Jack Reese, Rudy Richards, Ronnie Roberts, Florence Rohr, Neil Rose, Edmund Rudink, Trudy Schneider, Charles Senna, Clarence Senna, General Senna, Stan Skidmore, Charlie Slagle, Sidney Spaulding, Hedi Stenuf, Geoffe Stevens, Charles Storey, Montey Stott, Ethel Stout, Cliff Thael, Rona Thael, The Buccaneers, The Ice Age Quartet, Eileen Thompson, Helen Thompson, Freddie Trenkler, Georg Von Birgelen, Charlotte Weitzel, Kenny Williams, Gene Winchester, Mancy Mae Woodbury, James Wright, Mary Jane Yeo. Produced by Sonja Henie, Arthur M. Wirtz and Sonart Productions, Inc. (William H. Burke, Production Director. Arthur M. Wirtz, Executive Director).

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Composer of popular songs including "Mean To Me," "Walkin' My Baby Back Home," "I'll Get By," and "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself a Letter.".