Ben Bernie(1891-1943)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
A composer ("Sweet Georgia Brown"), author, violinist and conductor, he
was educated at the NY College of Music, City College of New York, and
the Columbia School of Mines. Beginning his vaudeville act while
selling violins in a New York department store, he organized his own
orchestra in 1922, playing a long engagement at the Hotel Roosevelt in
New York, then toured Europe. He toured with Maurice Chevalier, and was featured
on radio for twenty years. Joining ASCAP in 1934, his musical
collaborators were Kenneth Casey, Al Goering, Walter Hirsch, and Maceo
Pinkard. Song compositions include "Who's Your Little Whoosis?", "I
Can't Believe It's True", "Holding My Honey's Hand", "A Bowl of Chop
Suey and Yooey", "After The Dance Was Over", "Was Last Night The Last
Night?", "Ain't That Marvelous (My Baby Loves Me)", and "Strange
Interlude".
