Josef Myrow (February 18, 1910 – December 24, 1987 in
Los Angeles, California
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)
was a Russian-born
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and def ...
, known for his work in film scores in the 1940s and 1950s.
He was twice nominated for an
Academy Award
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: in 1947 for the song "You Do" from the film ''
Mother Wore Tights
''Mother Wore Tights'' is a 1947 American Technicolor musical film starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey as married vaudeville performers, directed by Walter Lang.
This was Grable and Dailey's first film together, based on a book of the same n ...
'' and in 1950 for "Wilhelmina" from the film ''
Wabash Avenue''.
Both songs were written with
Mack Gordon
Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler; June 21, 1904 – February 28, 1959) was an American lyricist for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times in 11 years, including five consecutive years between 1940 and 1 ...
.
Other notable compositions include "Autumn Nocturne" (lyrics later added by
Kim Gannon
James Kimball "Kim" Gannon (November 18, 1900 – April 29, 1974) was an American songwriter, more commonly a lyricist than a composer.
Biography
Gannon was born in Brooklyn, New York to an Irish-American family from Fort Ann in upstate Ne ...
) and "
You Make Me Feel So Young" (again with Mack Gordon).
He also wrote, with Robert Mills, "C A P Is on the Go", the official song of the
Civil Air Patrol
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, the United States Air Force Auxiliary.
He died from the effects of
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a neurodegenerative disease primarily of the central nervous system, affecting both motor system, motor and non-motor systems. Symptoms typically develop gradually and non-motor issues become ...
in late 1987.
He was married to Beatrice Myrow.
References
External links
*
Allmovie bio* LA Time
(26 December 1987)
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1910 births
1987 deaths
Musicians from Los Angeles
American composers
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States