Bert Kalmar And Harry Ruby

Touring the vaudeville circuit as a pianist with the bootblack trio and the messenger boys trio he met his long time partner bert.

Bert kalmar and harry ruby.

Lyricist and writer bert kalmar b. Together kalmar and ruby authored several broadway shows and helped bring some fairly illustrious musical talent to the fore through them but it was as songwriters that they made their biggest mark. Ruby was already writing music for broadway revues like the ziegfeld follies by. Kalmar and ruby are another famous songwriting team of the first half of the 20th century.

Ruby was born in new york city united states. From 1918 kalmar ruby turned out numerous hit songs. Composer harry ruby enjoyed a long career songwriting for broadway and hollywood musicals almost always in collaboration with lyricist bert kalmar born in n y c. Ruby s luck was to change after meeting the lyricist bert kalmar at a tin pan alley publishing house.

Both men began on the vaudeville circuit. A chance encounter with pianist cum song plugger harry ruby at snyder waterson a tin pan alley publishing firm led to what was to become a famous partnership. By 1918 the duo had formed a songwriting partnership which was to endure for almost three decades resulting in numerous popular hits for broadway shows and movies. As a child growing up in manhattan kalmar performed as a magician in tent shows and then as a comedian in vaudeville acts.

Composer harry ruby was born in 1895 he met kalmar when he was working as the accompanist to a singing trio in vaudeville. The team consisted of lyricist bert kalmar and composer harry ruby. Father of actor bert kalmar jr. Harry ruby was born on october 29 1895 and died on february 23 1974.

Inducted into the songwriters hall of fame in 1970. 1884 started out as a magician in tent shows at age 10 and gradually worked his way up to vaudeville. Harry ruby was also born in new york city on october 29 1895. Ruby failed in his early ambition of becoming a professional baseball player.

Kalmar met harry ruby at a publisher s house on tin pan alley. Lyricist bert kalmar one half of the legendary kalmar ruby songwriting team was born in new york city on february 16 1884. Like kalmar ruby was also born in new york city. Kalmar and ruby were a successful songwriting team for nearly three decades.

Long associated with the music of harry ruby lyricist bert kalmar helped put songs into the mouths of such movie comedy teams as wheeler woolsey and the marx brothers. Growing up in new york he attended public schools and in his early career worked as a pianist and song plugger for the gus edwards and harry von tilzer publishing firms one of his co workers at edwards place was the young walter winchell who was also a song plugger. After failing at his early ambition to become a professional baseball player he toured the vaudeville circuit as a pianist with the bootblack trio and the messenger boys trio until meeting the man who would become his longtime partner lyricist bert kalmar.