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Harvey Brooks(1899-1968)

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  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Songwriter ("I Want You, I Need You"), and composer, he joined ASCAP in 1942 and wrote songs for films. His other song compositions include "I'm No Angel", "It's a Mighty Pretty Night for Love", "A Little Bird Told Me", "That's When I Long For You", "La Martinique", "They Call Me Sister Honky Tonk", "That Dallas Man", and "I Found a New Way to Go to Town".
BornFebruary 17, 1899
DiedJune 17, 1968(69)
BornFebruary 17, 1899
DiedJune 17, 1968(69)
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Known for

I'm No Angel (1933)
I'm No Angel
6.9
  • Music Department
  • 1933
Lena Horne in The Duke Is Tops (1938)
The Duke Is Tops
5.4
  • Composer
  • 1938
Last Summer (1969)
Last Summer
6.9
  • Soundtrack
  • 1969
Ralph Cooper and Cleo Herndon in Dark Manhattan (1937)
Dark Manhattan
5.6
  • Composer(as Brooks)
  • 1937

Credits

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Music Department



  • Mantan Moreland and Marguerite Whitten in Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1941)
    Mr. Washington Goes to Town
    6.0
    • musical director
    • 1941
  • Humphrey Bogart and Bette Davis in Marked Woman (1937)
    Marked Woman
    7.1
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • I'm No Angel (1933)
    I'm No Angel
    6.9
    • songwriter
    • 1933

Composer



  • Lena Horne in The Duke Is Tops (1938)
    The Duke Is Tops
    5.4
    • Composer
    • 1938
  • Ralph Cooper and Cleo Herndon in Dark Manhattan (1937)
    Dark Manhattan
    5.6
    • Composer (as Brooks)
    • 1937

Soundtrack



  • Hollywood (2020)
    Hollywood
    7.5
    TV Mini Series
    • writer: "A Slick Chick (On The Mellow Side)" (uncredited)
    • 2020
  • Aaron Staton in L.A. Noire (2011)
    L.A. Noire
    8.6
    Video Game
    • Soundtrack ("A Slick Chick on the Mellow", "A Little Bird Told Me")
    • 2011
  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
    8.3
    Video
    • music: "They Call Me Sister Honky-Tonk", "I Found a New Way to Go to Town", "I Want You, I Need You", "I Know You Remember" (uncredited)
    • 2009
  • Jean Harlow and Norma Shearer in Complicated Women (2003)
    Complicated Women
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • writer: "I Found a New Way to Go to Town"
    • 2003
  • Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002)
    Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
    9.1
    Video Game
    • writer: "Moanin' For You" (uncredited)
    • 2002
  • Salma Hayek and Antonio Sabato Jr. in Rebel Highway (1994)
    Rebel Highway
    5.9
    TV Series
    • writer: "Every Night"
    • 1994
  • Alyssa Milano and Jamie Luner in Confessions of Sorority Girls (1994)
    Confessions of Sorority Girls
    4.8
    TV Movie
    • writer: "Every Night"
    • 1994
  • Renee Anderson, Wanda Bailey, Patricia Mickey, Susie Ewing, Jackie Chidsey, Liz Kelley, Paula Cinko, The Golddiggers, Pauline Antony, Rosie Cox Gitlin, and Michelle DellaFave in The Dean Martin Show (1965)
    Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers
    7.2
    TV Series
    • music: "They Call Me Sister Honky Tonk" (uncredited)
    • 1969
  • Last Summer (1969)
    Last Summer
    6.9
    • performer: "Cordelia", "Hal, The Handyman"
    • 1969
  • The Love Goddesses (1965)
    The Love Goddesses
    6.9
    • music: "They Call Me Sister Honky-Tonk" (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Bandstand (1958)
    Bandstand
    8.0
    TV Series
    • writer: "A Little Bird Told Me"
    • 1962
  • Johnny Mack Brown, Claudia Drake, and Raymond Hatton in The Gentleman from Texas (1946)
    The Gentleman from Texas
    6.3
    • music: "With Someone Like You To Love"
    • 1946
  • Let's Scuffle
    6.0
    Short
    • writer: "Let's Scuffle"
    • 1942
  • Eric Blore, Johnny Downs, and June Lang in Redhead (1941)
    Redhead
    5.7
    • music: "Santo Domingo"
    • 1941
  • Lena Horne in The Duke Is Tops (1938)
    The Duke Is Tops
    5.4
    • writer: "I Know You Remember" (uncredited)
    • 1938

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Harvey Oliver Brooks
  • Born
    • February 17, 1899
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • June 17, 1968
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

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