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Paul Robert Ash (February 11, 1891,
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— July 13, 1958,
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was a German orchestra leader, composer, vaudeville personality, and recording artist, who emigrated to the
United States
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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
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as her career was beginning.
He was born in Germany but, at the age of one, moved to America.
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, New York, New York
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, 1991
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''Biography of Paul Ash,'' by James Lacy at www.findagrave.comPaul Ash recordingsat the
Discography of American Historical Recordings
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1891 births
1958 deaths
20th-century American male musicians
American male violinists
American lyricists
American bandleaders
German emigrants to the United States
Place of birth missing
20th-century American conductors (music)
20th-century American violinists
20th-century American pianists
Brunswick Records artists
Columbia Records artists
American male pianists