Fred Glickman(1903-1981)
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Composer, songwriter ("Mule Train"), author, violinist, violist and
publisher, educated at the Columbia School of Music and the Chicago
Musical College, and a violin student of Harry Diamond, Ludwig Becker,
Richard Czerwonky, and Victor Young. He was a violinist in dance bands
and symphony orchestras, later joining the NBC staff in New York and a
violinist in the orchestras (and as soloist) of Broadway musicals.
Later he conducted his own orchestra and wrote special material. He was
a first violinist in film-studio orchestras for twenty years, and had
his own recording and publishing companies. Joining ASCAP in 1949, his
chief musical collaborators included Hy Heath, Johnny Lange, and
Charles Newman. His other popular-song compositions include "Little Old
Band of Gold", "Two Brothers" and "Angel of Mine".
