Bob Russell (songwriter)
Bob Russell (actually Sidney Keith Russell, born April 25, 1914 in Passaic, New Jersey, † February 18, 1970 in Beverly Hills, California ) was an American lyricist and composer.
Life and work
Bob Russell was lyricists in the first place, but came occasionally appears a composer, who worked with other lyricists. After his training at Washington University in St. Louis, he worked as a copywriter, and later for vaudeville shows.
End of the 1930s he wrote English lyrics to various Latin American hits such as: " Frenesi " or "Brazil". At the same time, his collaboration with Carl Sigman ( "Busy As A Bee (I'm Buzz, Buzz, Buzzin ') " ) began; with which he in the second half of the 40s still hits like " Dance, Ballerina, Dance ( Ballerina ) ". and "Crazy He Calls Me". wrote. In the first half of the 40s he wrote the lyrics on some of Duke Ellington tunes: "Do not Get Around Much Anymore ," " Do Nothin ' Till You Hear from Me," " I Did not Know About You ".
Russell worked having a plurality of composers. Many of the songs for which he wrote the lyrics, found in films use or were written for the movie ( eg, Lester Lee, first half of the 50s ). In the late 1960s he worked with Quincy Jones; he wrote, inter alia, the lyrics for the song "The Eyes of Love " from the movie $ 25,000 for a man and " For Love of Ivy " from the film. Both songs received Academy Award nominations (1967/1968) for Best Original Song.
One last success came to him in 1969 with the song " He Is not Heavy, He's My Brother", which he wrote with Bobby Scott, 1969/70 landed a hit with the Hollies.
In 1970 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Other well-known songs
- Taps Miller ( with Count Basie, 1945)
- Carnival (music by Harry Warren, 1945)
- I Can Make You Love Me ( Music: Peter DeRose, 1946)
- You Came A Long Way from St. Louis (music: John Benson Brooks, 1948),
- Would I Love You (Music: Harold Spina, 1950)
- No Other Love ( Music: Paul Weston, 1950)
- Half a Photographer (Music: Hal Stanley, 1953)
- The Girl Most Likely ( Music: Nelson Riddle, 1958)