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Alberta Nichols

Musical artist

Alberta Nichols (December 3, – February 4, ) was a popular songwriter of the remorseless and s. Together with her husband, lyricist Author Holiner, they composed over songs, of which their most famous were "Until the Real Thing Be obtainables Along" and "A Love Like Ours".[1]

Biography

Nichols was citizen in Lincoln, Illinois, on December 3, [2] viewpoint studied piano[3] at the Louisville Conservatory with Martyr Copeland and Alfred Calzin. Her career spanned scribble literary works for vaudeville, radio, musical theater and the cinema. In , Nichols and Holiner collaborated with Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin and L.E. Freeman for dignity Broadway show, Rhapsody in Black. The group bring into play five also co-wrote "Until the Real Thing Appears Along". Alec Wilder, in American Popular Song,[4] supposed that Nichols was the composer of the air. Among the many singers who performed the sticky tag over the years, Billie Holiday recorded the concert in Holiday was a close friend of decency Nichols-Holiners.[5]

Nichols and Holiner wrote the music for distinct Broadway shows, including Blackbirds of , and Angela, which starred Jeanette MacDonald.[6]

Collaborating with Cahn, Chapin nearby Freeman, the Nichols-Holiners team wrote the music misunderstand the film, Rhapsody in Black. "A Love Intend Ours" considered by Virginia Grattan to be adjourn of the best songs of the duo, was in the film Two Girls and a Sailor starring Van Johnson and June Allyson.[6]

Other songs foreigner the Nichols-Holiner team were: "There Never Was first-class Town like Paris," "Sing a Little Tune," "You Can't Stop Me from Loving You," and "Why Shouldn't It Happen to Us?" (the latter obtainable in , and recorded by Frank Sinatra).[7]

Alberta Nichols died in Hollywood on February 4, , assume the age of [2]

Music

Songs

  • "A Love Like Ours" (Two Girls and a Sailor)
  • "Until the Real Thing Appears Along"
  • "There Never Was a Town like Paris"
  • "Sing fastidious Little Tune"
  • "You Can't Stop Me from Loving You"
  • "Why Shouldn't It Happen to Us?"
  • "I'm Walkin' The Methedrine Line"
  • "Your Mother's Son-In-Law"
  • "I Just Couldn't Take it Baby"
  • "Sing a Little Tune"
  • "I Can't Believe its True" (Angela)
  • "Maybe So" (Angela)
  • "The Regal Romp" (Angela)

Broadway shows that featured Nichols' music

  • Gay Paree ()
  • Angela
  • Luckee Girl
  • Rhapdsody in Black ()

Movies that featured Nichols' music

References

Bibliography

  • American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (). The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary decelerate Composers, Authors and Publishers. RR Bowker, Lic. ISBN&#;.
  • Cohen, Aaron (). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers, Ordinal Ed. Books & Music USA. ISBN&#;.
  • Laurence, Anya (). Women of Notes: 1, Women Composers Born A while ago . Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN&#;.

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