Rube Bloom

Reuben " Rube " Bloom ( born April 24, 1902 in New York City; † March 30, 1976 ) was an American songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, jazz pianist and author. Among his most famous songs include Give Me the Simple Life, Fools Rush In and Who's Sorry Now?

Life and work

Bloom worked since 1919, first as an accompanist in vaudeville and in the 1920s in the jazz bands of Sam Lanin ( bringing into being in 1924 first recordings for Okeh Records), Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer and Miff Mole ( Sioux City Six 1924 and as The Cotton Pickers ), Ray Miller Orchestra ( the Bloom Flock O'Blues recorded ), Red Nichols ( recording as The Tennessee Tooters for Vocalion ) and Irving Kaufman.

During the 1920s, Bloom wrote a series of novelty piano solos and songs; 1923 was one of his most famous compositions, Who's Sorry Now? , Which he had written with Bert Kalmar and Ted Snyder and was included in numerous cover versions, 1923 by Ben Bernie, California Ramblers, Isham Jones, later of Red Nichols, Billy Banks, Frankie Newton and the Casa Loma Orchestra. The version of the Original Memphis Five hit # 8 of the U.S. charts in July 1923; 1940 Harry James was the title again in the charts (# 18).

In 1926 he took on the solo title Soliloquy and Spring Fever for Harmony ( Har 164 - H); From 1925 he worked with the music publisher Joe Davis. In the second half of the 1920s he was accompanist of singers such Noble Sissle, Alma Henderson, Esther Walker, Jay C. Flippen, Peggy English, Evelyn Preer, Seger Ellis, Ruth Etting, Sammy Fain and Art Gillham. In 1926 he took under his own name for Brunswick Records on ( Stampede / Backbeats ), 1927 for Cameo, Columbia and Okeh (I Can not Give You Anything But Love ). In 1927, he worked as an arranger for Duke Ellington, as this his composition Soliloquy grossed (Brunswick 3526 ); In 1929, he wrote music for the film musical The Show of Shows. During this time he also worked with Joe Venutis Blue Four, Eddie Lang ( Mine, All Mine, 1927), Ben Selvin, Annette Hanshaw, Jack Purvis and Arthur debris. In 1930 he took up with under the name Rube Bloom and His Bayou Boys for Columbia Records; contributing musicians of all-star band were Manny Klein ( tp), Tommy Dorsey (tb ), Benny Goodman ( cl ), Adrian Rollini ( bassax ), Stan King ( dr) and the singers Roy Evans. In 1931 he accompanied Lee Morse and Ethel Waters. In December 1934 Blooms emerged last recordings for Victor (Penthouse Romance ). In the field of jazz, he participated 1924-1934 in 212 recording sessions.

In his later years, Bloom worked primarily as a songwriter and composer; In 1939 he wrote with Johnny Mercer song Day In, Day Out, which was taken, inter alia, by Bob Crosby, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman Jan Savitt and Art Tatum. Mercer processed Blooms instrumental number Shangri -La in 1940 to the song Fools Rush In ( Where Angels Fear to Tread ), the 1940 was one of the most popular ballads, in the versions of Tony Martin, Glenn Miller ( Blue Bird, # 1) and Tommy Dorsey / Frank Sinatra (Victor, # 12) came to the U.S. charts and also by Mildred Bailey, Brook Benton and Etta James was taken.

Furthermore, Bloom worked as a composer of songs with Mitchell Parish, Harry MacGregor Woods and Ted Koehler, with whom he sang the song Out ​​in the Cold Again ( 1934), Do not Worry ' Bout Me (1939 ), Stay On the Right Side Sister ( by Doris Day ) and Truckin ' wrote, the latter 1935 number -one hit by Fats Waller. With Harry Ruby wrote Give Me the Simple Life (1945 ) for the film Wake Up and Dream, with the Benny Goodman came into the U.S. charts and was especially known for Frank Sinatra. His song I Can not Face the Music was by Ella Fitzgerald on her Verve album Rhythm Is My Business recorded in 1962 ( with Bill Doggett ). His last song was Here's to My Lady (1952 ), which he had written with Johnny Mercer. Bloom also published from the 1930s, several piano textbooks as Magichord: Modern Piano Method or Modern Jazz Piano Course.

Bloom is on the Beth David Cemetery in Elmont buried (New York). In 1982, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Songs ( selection)

  • Day In, Day Out (Johnny Mercer )
  • Fools Rush In ( Where Angels Fear to Tread ) (Johnny Mercer )
  • Give Me the Simple Life ( Harry Ruby )
  • Maybe You'll Be There ( Sammy Gallop )
  • Out in the Cold Again
  • I I Were Sure of You
  • The Man from the South
  • Truckin '
  • What Goes Up Must Come Down
  • Lonely Mannequin (1936, with Sammy Lerner )
  • Mysterious Mose
  • One Finger Joe
  • The Man from the South
  • That Futuristic Rag
  • Song of the Bayou (1929 )
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