Jerome Kern
American composer of musical theater and popular music (1885-1945) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 60
Jerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music.
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People around Jerome
Irene Dunne Jerome wrote Roberta and Show Boat
Dorothy Fields Professional partner
Fred Astaire Jerome wrote Swing Time and Roberta
Frank Sinatra Duets: Yesterdays (1933)
Lucille Ball Jerome wrote Roberta and Joy of Living
Eric Blore Jerome wrote Swing Time and Joy of Living
Marilyn Miller Jerome wrote Sally and Sunny
Martin Scorsese Directed American Masters
Ella Fitzgerald Also in American Masters
Randolph Scott Jerome wrote Roberta (1935)
Akim Tamiroff Jerome wrote Can't Help Singing (1944)
William Frawley Jerome wrote One Night in the Tropics (1940)
George Chandler Jerome wrote Music in the Air and Joy of Living
Henry Kolker Also in American Masters
Helen Westley Jerome wrote Roberta and Show Boat
Fuzzy Knight Jerome wrote Music in the Air and Joy of Living
Lucien Littlefield Jerome wrote High, Wide, and Handsome (1937)
Raymond Walburn Also in American MastersTorben Meyer Jerome wrote Roberta and Music in the Air
Joseph Cawthorn Jerome wrote Music in the Air and Sweet Adeline
Perry Miller Adato Directed American Masters
Roger Imhof Jerome wrote High, Wide, and Handsome (1937)
Sammy White Jerome wrote Show Boat (1936)
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Jerome Kern in 1934
Angela Lansbury sings "How'd you like to spoon with me?" in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
Billie Burke, for whom Kern wrote stage and screen music
Jerome Kern in 1918
Sheet music from Oh Boy!
Sheet music from Oh, Lady! Lady!!
Marilyn Miller, the star of Sally
Oscar Hammerstein II, one of Kern's chief collaboratorsAwards
About this person
One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Song Is You", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Long Ago ". He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg.
