Gus Arnheim

Gus Arnheim ( September 4, 1897 in Philadelphia, † January 19, 1955 in Los Angeles ) was an American pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader and popular music.

Gus Arnheim was a popular bandleader of the late 1920s and the 1930s; 1923 he composed the hit " I Cried for You ," which he wrote with Arthur Freed and later "Sweet and Lovely". It first appeared as pianist with Abe Lyman at the Sunset Inn in Santa Monica, California, in 1926 he founded his own band; In 1929, he first went on a European tour. 1930/31 had a longer commitment Arnheim Coconut Grove in Los Angeles.

1930/31 worked a number of later musicians and singers in Arnheim's dance band, like Fred MacMurray, the clarinet and tenor saxophone playing and singing ( "All I Want Is Just One" 1930) or Russ Columbo, in 1930 the title of " A Peach A Pair of " sang. Eddie Cantor and Joan Crawford took 1931 Arnhem; Crawford's title ( " How Long Will It Last? " ) Was not published. Other musicians who played in his band temporarily, were Fazola Irving (1936 ), Jimmy Grier, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Sterling Young.

After Paul Whiteman had completed the shooting for his film The King of Jazz, decided his singers, the vocal trio The Rhythm Boys, which consisted of Bing Crosby, Harry Barris and Al Rinker to stay in California and work with Arnheim's band. With the Rhythm Boys but he took only one song on " Them There Eyes ", which then also the last recording of the Rhythm Boys was. Then Gus Arnheim's orchestra accompanied Bing Crosby in a number of titles he grossed for Victor Records in 1931, which meant his artistic breakthrough.

In the 1940s, he continued working with orchestras, in which, inter alia, Art Pepper played. After the end of World War II Arnhem undid the tape on final and focused his work as a composer for film studios. He died in January 1955 in his home in Beverly Hills of a heart attack.