Harold Arlen
Personal Info
Know For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-02-15 (81 years old)
Deathday
1986-04-23
Place of Birth
Buffalo, New York, USA
Also known As
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Harold Arlen
Biography
No American has written more first-rate songs than Arlen. He grew up in a musical family (his father was a cantor), and disappointed but didn't surprise his parents by dropping out of high school to become a musician. A stint as pianist and singer with a dance band, the Buffalodians, allowed him to escape Buffalo for New York City. Arlen stayed on after the band's demise; after some mostly unsuccessful attempts to conquer vaudeville or Broadway, Arlen stumbled onto a tune that, with lyrics by Ted Koehler, became "Get Happy", his first hit. With Koehler as lyricist, Arlen became the staff composer for Harlem's Cotton Club, a premiere showcase ...
Acting
1940
Production
1944
as Songs
1943
as Original Music Composer
2007
as Original Music Composer
1943
as Original Music Composer
1954
as Songs
1950
as Songs
1943
as Songs
1939
as Songs
1933
as Songs
1935
as Songs
1936
as Songs
1936
as Songs
1936
as Songs
1936
as Music
1936
as Songs
1939
as Songs
1941
as Songs
1942
as Songs
1942
as Songs
1943
as Songs
1944
as Songs
1944
as Songs
1944
as Songs
1945
as Songs
1946
as Songs
1948
as Songs
1950
as Songs
1950
as Songs
1951
as Songs
1953
as Songs
1953
as Songs
1963
as Songs
1937
as Songs
1936
as Music Score Producer
1941
as Additional Music
1949
as Songs
1996
as Songs
1948
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Songs
1956
as Songs
1936
as Music
1936
as Lyricist
1954
as Songs
1995
1939
as Original Music Composer
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