Vincent Rose

Vincent Rose ( born June 13, 1880 in Palermo, † May 20, 1944 in Rockville Centre (New York)) was a native of Italy American pianist, violinist, composer and bandleader.

Vincent Rose came in 1897 in the United States and worked as a pianist and violinist in Chicago orchestras; he was then in the early 1920s, a popular band leader in Southern California, where he performed with his Montmartre Orchestra and grossed some records for Victor Records; Harry Owens was at that time his trumpet before he formed his own band. The written jointly by Owens and Rose Linger Awhile title was a Hiterfolg, who made a national reputation the band. With the same band staff he took later for Columbia Records as a Hollywood Orchestra. Finally, he left California, had an exposure to the College Inn in Chicago and then settled in New York, where he performed at the Ritz - Carlton. When Vincent Rose and His Orchestra then came other recordings in the 1930s, so for Gennett, Perfect and banners.

Rose was next to a very active composer and songwriter who released over 200 songs; his success to titles included 1920 Whispering, Avalon, with the lyrics by Al Jolson and Buddy DeSylva, who - despite the plagiarism dispute with Ricordi - was a great success for Jolson. Followed in 1923 Linger Awhile, Pardon Me, Pretty Baby ( 1931), The Umbrella Man (1938 ) and in 1940 for Blueberry Hill, with Fats Domino in 1956 celebrated the greatest success of his career. In the late 1930s and early 1940s were Rose and befriended songwriter, the group Songwriters On Parade that occurred in the resorts along the east coast. Rose was later incorporated into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.