Harry Warren
American composer and lyricist (1893-1981) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 87
Harry Warren was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe".
Harry Warren is read about 103 times a day, in 23 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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Dick Powell Harry wrote 42nd Street and Gold Diggers of 1933- Al Dubin Professional partner
Dennis O'Keefe Harry wrote 42nd Street and Gold Diggers of 1933
Guy Kibbee Harry wrote 42nd Street and Gold Diggers of 1933
Allen Jenkins Harry wrote 42nd Street (1933)
Hugh Herbert Harry wrote Footlight Parade (1933)
Carmen Miranda Harry wrote That Night in Rio and If I'm Lucky
Ruby Keeler Harry wrote 42nd Street and Gold Diggers of 1933
Ginger Rogers Harry wrote 42nd Street and Gold Diggers of 1933
George Irving Harry wrote 42nd Street and Here Comes the Navy
Hobart Cavanaugh Harry wrote Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Dave O'Brien Harry wrote 42nd Street and Footlight Parade
Frank McHugh Harry wrote Footlight Parade (1933)
Dean Martin Harry wrote Artists and Models and That's Amore
Jerry Lewis Harry wrote Artists and Models (1955)
Gloria Stuart Harry wrote Here Comes the Navy (1934)
Joan Blondell Harry wrote Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Adolphe Menjou Harry wrote Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
Pat O'Brien Harry wrote Here Comes the Navy (1934)
Robert Barrat Harry wrote Here Comes the Navy and Wonder Bar
Selena Royle Harry wrote The Harvey Girls (1946)
Gino Corrado Harry wrote Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
Sam McDaniel Harry wrote Here Comes the Navy (1934)
George Magrill Harry wrote Here Comes the Navy (1934)
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He wrote the music for the first blockbuster film musical, 42nd Street, choreographed by Busby Berkeley, with whom he collaborated on many musical films.
