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MacDermot, Galt
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MacDonald, Ballard
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MacDowell, Edward
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MacGimsey, Robert
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Mack, Cecil
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Mack, Ronnie
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Mackenzie, Leonard
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Macklin, Cecil
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MacMurrough, Dermot
Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Macushla
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Madden, Edward
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Magidson, Herb
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Magness, Ronald
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Mahoney, Jack
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Malie, Tommy
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Malotte, Albert Hay
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Malneck, Matty
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Henry Mancini (1924 - 1994)
Composer / arranger, worked as arranger for Tex Beneke's Glenn Miller Band, Music Director at Universal Studios, on contract to RCA. Worked with Blake Edwards for a long time, churning out music for
"The Pink Panther," "Days of Wine and Roses" and "Charade," among many others. Wrote many film scores, recorded record albums, became very popular with the public in the 1960s.
Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Chicago, Illinois
Crazy World
Gay Paree
Le Jazz Hot
King's Can Can
Moon River
Shady Dame from Seville, The
Two-Faced Dance
You and Me
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Mann, Kal
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Manners, Henry
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Manners, Zeke
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Manning, Dick
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Marascalco, John
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Marcotte, Don
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Marcucci, Bob
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Marion, George, Jr.
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Marks, Gerald
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Marks, Johnny
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Marsh, Roy
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Marshall, Henry I.
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Martin, Charles
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Freddy Martin (1906 - 1983)
(Freddy Martin and His Orchestra)
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Hugh Martin (1914 - )
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Martin began studying piano at age five. Though he originally intended to study classical music, it was the music of George Gershwin that made him decide on a career in
popular music. He appeared in a number of Broadway shows and formed his own group "The Martins." Ralph Blane was a member of The Martins, and Blane and Martin would become close collaborators on
compositions in future years. Martin and Blane wrote the music for "Best Foot Forward," which took them to MGM where they did some of their finest and most popular work.
Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Alive and Kicking
All the Colors of the Rainbow
Athena
Balboa
Boy Next Door, The
Brazilian Boogie
Buckle Down, Winsocki
Crazy Horse
Ev'ry Time
Girl Next Door, The
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
I Don't Know What I Want
I Never Felt Better
Imagine
Joint Is Really Jumpin' in Carnegie Hall, The
Love
Love Can Change the Stars
My First Promise
Pass That Peace Pipe
Three B's, The
Three Men on a Date
Trolley Song, The
Venezia
Vocalize
We Gotta Keep Up with the Joneses
What Do You Think I Am
Wish I May, Wish I Might
You're Lucky
Compositions on JGDB:
Connecticut
Three Cheers for the Yanks
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Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
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Jules-Émile-Frédéric Massenet (1842 - 1912)
(aka Jules Massenet)
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McCartney, Paul (1942 - )
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Jimmy McHugh (1894 - 1969)
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McKelvey, Lori
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McKenna, William J.
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Meacham, F. W.
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Meade, Norman
Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Girl Happy
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Meaden, Peter
Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Zoot Suit
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Mellor, Tom
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Melsher, Irving
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Mencher, Murray
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Mendez, Ricardo Lopez
Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Amor
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Mendoza y Cortez, Quirino
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Menendez, Nilo
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Menken, Alan
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John Herndon Mercer (1909 - 1976)
Born John H. Mercer in Savannah, Georgia (USA) on November 18, 1909.
Credited for lyrics to more than 1000 songs. Collaborated with composers Hoagy Carmichael, Harry Warren, Henry Mancini, Richard Whiting, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh and Jimmy Van Huesen,
among others. Produced many enduring popular songs, including "Lazy Bones", "I'm an Old Cowhand", "Goody, Goody", "Jeepers Creepers", "Hooray for Hollywood", "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby",
"Laura", "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive", "Come Rain or Come Shine" "Autumn Leaves", "Moon River", "Charade", "Days of Wine and Roses", as well as the songs listed below.
Educated in Virginia, Mercer moved to New York City in the late 1920s, where he worked as a bit actor. He was in the Garrick Gaieties in 1930, where he met dancer Ginger Meehan, whom he
married. He began working as a lyricist shortly thereafter, and in 1934 he joined Paul Whiteman's Orchestra as master of ceremonies and featured vocalist. He appeared in the films Old Man
Rhythm (1935) and Beat the Band (1935). He joined Benny Goodman's "Camel Caravan" radio show, Bob Crosby's summer replacement radio show, collaborated on the Broadway stage with Harold
Arlen on St. Louis Woman (1946) and Saratoga (1959), Li'l Abner (1956), Texas, Li'l Darlin' (1949) and Foxy (1964).
In 1942, Mercer founded Capitol Records with two partners, serving as talent scout and company president, and he was the first president of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame. He won Academy Awards for
"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening", "Moon River" and "Days of Wine and Roses". Mercer recorded a number of duets with various great artists of the
period, including Friendship with Judy Garland, for Decca Records.
Mr. Mercer died in Bel Air, California on June 25, 1976.
Find Johnny Mercer all over the ASCAP Website
Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive (Mr. In-Between)
Ain't Nature Grand
And the Angels Sing
Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry
Baby Doll
Bless Your Beautiful Hide
Blues in the Night
Bride's Wedding Day Song, A (Currier and Ives)
C-A-T Spells Cat
Country's in the Very Best of Hands, The
Daddy Long Legs
Dancing Through Life
Dearly Beloved
Derry Down Dilly
Dig It
Dream
Fleet's In, The
Goin' Co'tin'
Goody Goody
Guardian Angel
Hayride
Here Come the WAVES
History of the Beat
Hit the Road to Dreamland
Hoe Down the Bayou
Hooray for Hollywood
I Got out of Bed on the Right Side
I Like Men
I Promise You
I Remember You
I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man
I Wish It Could Be Otherwise
I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)
I'm Doing It for Defense
I'm Old Fashioned
I'm Past My Prime
I've Got a Lot in Common with You
If I Had My Druthers
If You Build a Better Mousetrap
In My Wildest Dreams
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
In the Valley (Where the Evening Sun Goes Down)
International Playboy
It's a Great Big World
It's a Typical Day
Jeepers Creepers
Join the Navy
Jubilation T. Cornpone
June Bride
Lament (Lonesome Polecat)
Let's Take the Long Way Home
Liquapep
March of the Doagies
My Intuition
My Shining Hour
Namely You
Naughty But Nice
Not Mine
Oh, You Kid
Old Glory
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
Oops
Poor Mr. Chisholm
Put 'Em Back
Raise a Ruckus Tonight (adapted lyric)
Seeing's Believing
Sharp as a Tack
Shorty George
Sluefoot
Sobbin' Women
Something's Gotta Give
Spring, Spring, Spring
Sweater, Sarong, and Peek-a-Boo Bang
Swing Shift
Swing Your Partner Round and Round
Tangerine
Texas Millionaire
That Old Black Magic
There's a Fellow Waiting in Poughkeepsie
Unnecessary Town
Wait and See
Wait for the Wagon (modified lyric)
Waiter and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid, The
Wedding in the Spring
Welcome Egghead
What Was Your Name in the States? (adapted lyric)
What's Good for General Bullmoose
When I'm Out with the Belle of New York
When You Hear the Time Signal
When You're in Love
Who Wants to Kiss the Bridegroom?
Wild, Wild West, The
Wonderful, Wonderful Day
Would You Like to Be the Love of My Life
You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
You Were Never Lovelier
Compositions on JGDB:
Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)
Come Rain or Come Shine
Day In - Day Out
Dixieland Band
Jamboree Jones
Lorna
Moon River
You've Got Me Where You Want Me
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Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
(Jacob Liebmann Beer)
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Glenn Miller (1904 - 1944)
(Alton Glenn Miller)
Legendary arranger / composer / bandleader born in Clarinda, Iowa. The Glenn Miller Band was one of the most popular of all the big bands in the 1940s, with hits including "Chatanooga Choo-Choo," "In
the Mood," "Tuxedo Junction," "Moonlight Serenade," and "Pennsylvania 6-5000." Miller appeared in two films. He was killed in a plane crash while on tour in Europe during World War II.
See also: Actors: Glenn Miller
Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Moonlight Serenade
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Sidney D. Mitchell (1888 - 1942)
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James V. Monaco (1885 - 1945)
(aka Jimmy Monaco)
Composer, born in Italy. Moved to the U.S. when juat a child.
Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Ain't It a Shame About Mame
April Played the Fiddle
Beautiful Face, Have a Heart
Crazy People
Dirty Hands, Dirty Face
Don't Be Too Old Fashioned (Old Fashioned Girl)
Don't Carry Tales out of School
Don't Worry Island
East Side of Heaven
Golden Wedding Song
Hang Your Heart on a Hickory Limb
I Can't Begin to Tell You
I Haven't Time to Be a Millionaire
Kaigoon
Meet the Sun Halfway
Once Too Often
Only Forever
Pessimistic Character, The (With the Crab Apple Face)
Quicksand
Red Robins, Bob Whites and Blue Birds
Rhythm on the River
Romance and Rhumba
Rookie and His Rhythm, A
Row, Row, Row
She's a Bombshell from Brooklyn
Sing a Song of Sunbeams
Sleep, Baby, Sleep (In Your Jeep)
Song of the Newlyweds
Story of the Very Merry Widow, The
Sweet Potato Piper
That Sly Old Gentleman from Featherbed Lane
That's for Me
Time Alone Will Tell
Too Romantic
We Mustn't Say Goodbye
What Would Shakespeare Have Said
When the Moon Comes Over Madison Square
Yankee Doodle Hayride
You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)
You're My Little Pin Up Girl
Compositions on JGDB:
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Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
Born in Dublin, Ireland
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Moore, Wilton
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Moraine, Lyle
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Morales, Noro
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Morales, Obdulio
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Moret, Neil
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Morey, Larry
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Morgan, Jimmie
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Moroder, Giorgio
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Morris, Lee
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Morse, Theodora (Dolly)
Compositions used in films on Class Act:
Blue Bell
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Morse, Theodore
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Motola, George
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
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Muir, Lewis F.
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Mundy, Jimmy
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Munro, Bill
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Munson, Eddie
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Murphy, C. W.
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Murphy, Stanley
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Murray, Jack
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Murray, Lyn
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Murry, Ted
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Muse, Clarence
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Mussorgsky, Modest
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Myers, Henry
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Myrow, Josef
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