Herman Hupfeld

Herman Hupfeld ( born 1 February 1894 in Montclair, † June 8, 1951 there ), was an American songwriter. His most famous song (composition and text ) is As Time Goes By from the film Casablanca, which he originally wrote in 1931 for the Broadway show Everybody's Welcome.

Life and work

According to Roger D. The Complete Encyclopedia of Kinkle 's Popular Music and Jazz 1900-1950 ( Arlington House, 1974) Hupfeld learned in Germany at the age of 9 years, the violin playing; He returned to America to complete his education. He served in World War I as a soldier and then worked as a singer and pianist.

Although Hupfeld never set to music a complete Broadway show, he yet was known to be able to accurately certain scenes compose appropriate songs. Among his best known songs are Sing Something Simple, Let's Put Out The Lights ( And Go To Sleep ), When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba, Are You Making Any Money? , Savage Serenade, Down the Old Back Road, A Hut in Hoboken, Night Owl, Honey Ma Love, Baby 's Blue, Untitled and The Calinda.

He played during the Second World War in hospitals and camps to entertain the soldiers.

Hupfeld never married and remained a few exceptions, all his life in his hometown of Montclair, where his final resting place at Mount Hebron Cemetery, is located.

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