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Larry Russell (October 14, 1913 – February 14, 1954) was an American
composer working mostly in the motion picture industry. He is widely remembered as being one of three writers of the song "
Vaya Con Dios", which has been recorded over 500 times.
Russell was born in Indiana and had early success with the 1941 song "Oh For Heaven's Sake", recorded on
Bluebird Records
Bluebird Records is a record label best known for its low-cost releases, primarily of kids' music, blues and jazz in the 1930s and 1940s. It was founded in 1932 as a lower-priced RCA Victor subsidiary label of RCA Victor. Bluebird became known ...
by
Alvino Rey
Alvin McBurney (July 1, 1908 – February 24, 2004), known by his stage name Alvino Rey, was an American jazz guitarist and bandleader.
Career
Alvin McBurney was born in Oakland, California, United States, but grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. Early i ...
. In 1952, he collaborated with
Inez James
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Inez James (November 15, 1919 – December 19, 1993), also known as Inez James Walden, was an American composer working mostly in the motion picture industry. She is remembered as being one of three writers of the song " Vaya Con Dios", ...
and
Buddy Pepper
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Buddy Pepper (born Jack Retherford Starkey, April 21, 1922 – February 7, 1993) was an American pianist, songwriter, arranger and actor, known as one of three writers of Billboard's top tune of 1953, " Vaya Con Dios," which has been reco ...
on "Vaya Con Dios".
In 1972, eighteen years after his death and twenty years after the film's first release, he won an
Oscar
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People
* Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms.
* Oscar (Irish mythology) ...
for his
score for the
Charlie Chaplin film ''
Limelight''. (The film was released in 1952, but was not shown in Los Angeles until twenty years later. Under the rules in effect at the time, it was eligible for that year's Academy Awards.)
Lawrence S. Russell died in Los Angeles on February 14, 1954.
References
1913 births
1954 deaths
Best Original Music Score Academy Award winners
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