Mabel Wayne, vaudeville entertainer (SAYRE 10291)

Mabel Wayne (born Mabel Wimpfheimer, July 16, 1890 – June 19, 1978) Mabel Wayne at Allmusic.com
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Biography

She was born in

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, New York as Mabel Wimpfheimer in 1890 (although she later preferred to use the dates 1899 and 1904), and studied piano in Switzerland and then at the New York School of Music. Wayne performed as a concert pianist and singer, and as a dancer in

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. In the 1920s and 1930s she collaborated with several lyricists including

L. Wolfe Gilbert Louis Wolfe Gilbert (August 31, 1886 – July 12, 1970) was a Russian Empire–born American songwriter of Tin Pan Alley. He is best remembered as the lyricist for " Ramona" (1928), the first movie theme song ever written. Biography Bor ...

, Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. Wayne was particularly noted for her Spanish-American themed songs. She wrote for movies including '' King of Jazz'', and later for British films, including '' Dance Band'' (1935). Mabel Wayne at IMDb
/ref> She also made recordings, singing and playing piano, in the 1930s. After a short-lived marriage in the 1910s, Mabel Wayne married Nick Campbell, a music publisher based in New York, on March 15, 1948 in the Little Church of the West, located in Reno, Nevada. Lanny Ross and his wife served as the best man and matron of honor."Ramona Composer Is Wed," ''New York Times'' (March 16, 1948). Mabel Wayne was inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. She died at Glen Cove, Long Island, in 1978 at the age of 87.

Selected works

*1925 – "Don't Wake Me Up, Let Me Dream", lyrics by

*1926 – " In a Little Spanish Town", lyrics by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young *1928 – " Ramona", lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert. *1930 – " It Happened in Monterey", lyrics by Billy Rose for the film '' King of Jazz'' later recorded and popularized by Frank Sinatra in 1956. *1934 – " Little Man You've Had a Busy Day", lyrics by

Maurice Sigler Maurice Sigler (November 30, 1901 – February 6, 1961) was an American banjoist and songwriter. Sigler was born in New York City but moved to Birmingham, Alabama at an early age, and received his musical tuition there. In the 1920s, Sigle ...

and Al Hoffman. *1937 – "Why Don’t You Fall In Love With Me?", lyrics by Al Lewis *1941 – " I Understand", lyrics 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 ...

. Mabel Wayne at the Songwriters Hall of Fame
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References

External links

Mabel Wayne recordings
at the

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