Al Goodman(1890-1972)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Composer, songwriter, conductor, pianist and arranger, educated at the
Peabody Conservatory (on scholarship). He was a pianist in early film
theatres, and later a choral director and music director for the Aborne
Opera Company. He conducted and arranged for Al Jolson, and conducted
the Broadway musicals "Blossom Time", "My Dream Girl", "Good News",
"The Band Wagon", "The New Moon", "Ziegfeld Follies", and "George
White's Scandals". His Broadway stage scores include "Linger Longer
Lettie", "Cinderella on Broadway", "The Whirl of New York", "The
Passing Show of 1922", "The Lady in Ermine", "Dew Drop Inn", "Artists
and Models of 1925", and "Gay Paree". He became a radio conductor in
1932, and conducted for television beginning in 1949, and made many
records. Joining ASCAP in 1922, his chief musical collaborators
included Edgar Smith, Cyrus Wood, and Clifford Grey. His popular-song
compositions include "When Hearts Are Young", "Love Has Found My
Heart", "I Came, I Saw, I Fell", "Call of Love", "Twilight", "The Lady
in Ermine", and "Who Knows Why".
