Jerome Kern
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Biography
[Edit]Jerome Kern (1885-1945) is arguably the father modern American musical theater. Born in New York of German heritage, he attended the New York College of Music and began to break into Broadway theater during the first decade of the century by having songs of his interpolated into shows. An Anglophile and friend of P.G. Wodehouse, Kern scored his first success with songs inserted into The Girl from Utah, a British import, in 1914, including the ballad "They Didn't Believe Me." Breaking away from the European model of waltz music, Kern proved adept at adapting contempoarary dance music into his songs as well as producing subtle, inventive ballads. He collaborated with Guy Bolton and, later, Wodehouse on a series of shows presented at the Princess Theater in the middle of the decade, notably Very Good Eddie, and continued to score successes into the '20s.
But Kern really entered the history books with Show Boat (1927), the first truly modern American musical, with an integrated story and such memorable songs as "Ol' Man River" and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man." Like many of his contemporaries, Kern divided his time between Broadway and Hollywood in the '30s, after sound came into the movies, and his movie hits included the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film Swing Time, with such songs as "A Fine Romance" and "The Way You Look Tonight" (with lyrics by Dorothy Fields). Kern worked steadily — he wrote or contributed to 37 shows during his career — and was beginning work on Annie Get Your Gun when he died suddenly in 1945. He left behind one of the richest catalogs of show music in history.
Title: Elisabeth Welch Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook
Artist: Jerome Kern, Elisabeth Welch
Title: Melodies of Jerome Kern: The 1955 Walden Sessions
Artist: Jerome Kern
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Biography Presents Jerome Kern from Rare Piano Rolls
Artist: Jerome Kern
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Life Upon The Wicked Stage
Artist: Jerome Kern
Genre: World Music, Latin, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Jerome Kern: Life Upon the Wicked S.T.A.G.E.
Artist: Jerome Kern
Genre: Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Collections
Title: This Is Broadway
Genre:
Title: The Ultimate Most Relaxing Jazz In the Universe
Genre: Jazz
Title: Valentines Day: Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Romantic Jazz - 2000 Ãollection
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: Vintage Japanese Music, The Modern Enka, Vol.2 (1951-1953)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: The World's Greatest Waltzes. LP3 - American Waltzes
Artist: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Genre: Classical
Title: Best JUDY GARLAND Movie Themes & Songs, Vol. 1 (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: Judy Garland
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack