Jay Chernis(1906-1996)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Composer, songwriter, conductor, author and arranger, educated at
Townsend Harris Hall and Juilliard (scholarship), and a student of
Goetschius, Wolpe, Toch and Schoenberg. In addition to his film work,
he conducted musicals in stock, on tour and on Broadway ("Plain and
Fancy"). He was the general music director of the Washington, D.C.
Music Fest. Joining ASCAP in 1948, his popular-song compositions
include "Crying", "In Your Cucamonga", "I Look at You", "A Song of
You", "The King Was Doing the Rhumba", "Dig That Coal", "I'm A Swiss",
and "Gypsy Interlude".
