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- Composer, author, songwriter ("Sam's Song", "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House", "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning") and singer, educated in high school and then a singer in vaudeville, night clubs, theatres and radio. In 1939, he worked as a reporter for the Chicago 'Variety'. Joining ASCAP in 1945, his chief musical collaborators included Lew Quadling, Harold Spina, and Victor Young. His other popular-song compositions include "Do You Care?", "Ivory Rag", "The Pansy", "Sugar Coated Lies", "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed", "Our Very Own", "A Weaver of Dreams", and "Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom".- IMDb Mini Biography By: Hup234!
- Jack Elliott was born on May 7, 1914 in Gowanda, NY. He married Judy Rotman in 1940 in Chicago and they had one child, John Michael Elliott, Jr. While in Chicago, Jack composed songs for Dale Evans, who was working at The Chicago Theatre, and he came to Los Angeles with her in 1941 for a radio audition. Jack subsequently composed songs for over 40 Western movies at Republic Studio alone, most notably for Roy Rogers & Dale Evans films. His compositions included the title songs for the following films in the 1940s and 50s: Lights of Old Santa Fe, Rainbow Over Texas, Bells of Rosarita, Bells of San Angelo, Song of Arizona, Heldorado, Under Nevada Skies, Roll on Texas Moon, Home in Oklahoma, Apache Rose, North of the Great Divide, Susanna Pass, Under California Stars, Pals of the Golden West, Grand Canyon Trail, Far Frontier and Springtime in the Sierras. He also composed the title song from the Gene Autry film, Twilight on the Rio Grande and "Under Colorado Stars" from the Rex Allen film, Colorado Sundown. Not only were Elliott's songs used on screen, but Roy Rogers had successful commercial recordings of "Roll on Texas Moon" and "Home in Oklahoma" for RCA Victor, which are still available today. And Gene Autry's soundtrack recording of the beautiful "Twilight on the Rio Grande" has also been issued on CD. Jack Elliott other songs included "Slumber Trail" from Under "Nevada Skies," "Cowboy's Dream of Heaven" from "Bells of San Angelo," "By a Laughing Spring" from "North of the Great Divide," "Belle of the el Dorado" from "Sunset in El Dorado" and "Every Day is Christmas in the West," from "Trail of Robin Hood." Jack Elliott died on January 3, 1971, but by that time he had made a major contribution to the Western music genre, primarily through his work on films. It should be pointed out that, today, an Internet search will turn up a number of other Jack Elliotts, none of whom should be confused for this inductee into the Western Music Hall of Fame. One of those whose name appears frequently is "Ramblin' Jack" Elliott, another, Irwin Elliott Zucker (aka Jack Elliott) was head of the Henry Mancini Institute, and there are others. Part of the confusion may be due to the fact that John M. "Jack" Elliott's name as it appears on sheet music and in film credits, is simply Jack Elliott. And some uninformed source thinks his name was Jack Elliot. He was born an E-l-l-i-o-t-t, John M., but was always billed as and penned his songs as Jack Elliott.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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