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Mabel Wayne (born Mabel Wimpfheimer, July 16, 1890 – June 19, 1978) Mabel Wayne at Allmusic.com
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/ref> She also made recordings, singing and playing piano, in the 1930s. After a short-lived marriage in the 1910s, Mabel Wayne married Nick Campbell, a music publisher based in New York, on March 15, 1948 in the Little Church of the West, located in Reno, Nevada.
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Mabel Wayne (born Mabel Wimpfheimer, July 16, 1890 – June 19, 1978) Mabel Wayne at Allmusic.com/ref> was an American songwriter, noted as "one of the first women composers to publish a hit song". Her songs included " In a Little Spanish Town", "
Ramona
''Ramona'' is a 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican–American War, it portrays the life of a mixed-race Scottish– Native American orphan girl, who suffers racial discrimination and ...
", and "It Happened in Monterey
"It Happened in Monterey" or "It Happened in Monterrey" is a 1930 song composed by Mabel Wayne, with lyrics by Billy Rose and performed by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. It was written for the 1930 musical film, '' King of Jazz'', and was subs ...
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Biography
She was born inBrooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
, New York as Mabel Wimpfheimer in 1890 (although she later preferred to use the dates 1899 and 1904), and studied piano in Switzerland and then at the New York School of Music.
Wayne performed as a concert pianist and singer, and as a dancer in vaudeville
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition ...
. In the 1920s and 1930s she collaborated with several lyricists including L. Wolfe Gilbert, Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. Wayne was particularly noted for her Spanish-American themed songs. She wrote for movies including '' King of Jazz'', and later for British films, including ''Dance Band
''Dance Band'' is a 1935 British musical film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, June Clyde and Steven Geray. It was shot at Welwyn Studios with sets designed by the art director David Rawnsley.
Plot
When dance band ...
'' (1935). Mabel Wayne at IMDb/ref> She also made recordings, singing and playing piano, in the 1930s. After a short-lived marriage in the 1910s, Mabel Wayne married Nick Campbell, a music publisher based in New York, on March 15, 1948 in the Little Church of the West, located in Reno, Nevada.
Lanny Ross
Lancelot Patrick Ross (January 19, 1906 – April 25, 1988)DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. was an American singer, pianist an ...
and his wife served as the best man and matron of honor."Ramona Composer Is Wed," ''New York Times'' (March 16, 1948).
Mabel Wayne was inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. She died at Glen Cove, Long Island, in 1978 at the age of 87.
Selected works
*1925 – "Don't Wake Me Up, Let Me Dream", lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert *1926 – " In a Little Spanish Town", lyrics by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young *1928 – "Ramona
''Ramona'' is a 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican–American War, it portrays the life of a mixed-race Scottish– Native American orphan girl, who suffers racial discrimination and ...
", lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert.
*1930 – "It Happened in Monterey
"It Happened in Monterey" or "It Happened in Monterrey" is a 1930 song composed by Mabel Wayne, with lyrics by Billy Rose and performed by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. It was written for the 1930 musical film, '' King of Jazz'', and was subs ...
", lyrics by Billy Rose for the film '' King of Jazz'' later recorded and popularized by Frank Sinatra in 1956.
*1934 – " Little Man You've Had a Busy Day", lyrics by Maurice Sigler
Maurice Sigler (November 30, 1901 – February 6, 1961) was an American banjoist and songwriter.
Sigler was born in New York City but moved to Birmingham, Alabama at an early age, and received his musical tuition there. In the 1920s, Sigler wa ...
and Al Hoffman.
*1937 – "Why Don’t You Fall In Love With Me?", lyrics by Al Lewis
*1941 – " I Understand", lyrics by Kim Gannon.
Mabel Wayne at the Songwriters Hall of Fame/ref>
References
External links
Mabel Wayne recordings
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