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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Ralph Rainger| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = non_performing_personnel| birth_name = Ralph Reichenthal| alias =| birth_date = birth date|1901|10|7|mf=y| death_date = death date and age|1942|10|23|1901|10|7|death_place = near Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs , California , United States|U.S. | origin = New York City , United States|U.S. | instrument = Piano | genre =| occupation = Composer | years_active = 1928–1942| label =| associated_acts =| website = Ralph Rainger (October 7, 1901 – October 23, 1942) was an United States|American composer of popular music principally for films.
Biography
Born Ralph Reichenthal in New York City , Rainger embarked on a legal career before escaping to Broadway theatre|Broadway where he became Clifton Webb 's accompanist.cite news | url = http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123059706622241119.html | title = Another Who's Been Unjustly Forgotten | author = Doug Ramsey | newspaper = The Wall Street Journal | date = December 30, 2008 | accessdate =
His first hit "Moanin' Low," with lyrics by Howard Dietz , was written for Webb's co-star Libby Holman in the 1929 revue The Little Show . Moving to Hollywood , Rainger teamed up with lyricist Leo Robin to produce a string of successful film songs.
In the years that followed, Rainger wrote or collaborated on such hit songs as " I Wished on the Moon ", " Love in Bloom (song)|Love in Bloom " (comedian Jack Benny ’s theme song), "Faithful Forever", " Easy Living (song)|Easy Living ", " June in January ", " Blue Hawaii (song)|Blue Hawaii ", and with Leo Robin on the 1938 Oscar-winning song " Thanks for the Memory ", sung by Bob Hope in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938 .
Rainger paid one year's tuition fees to the Austrian composer Arnold Schönberg in advance so that Schönberg could pay for the transportation of his belongings to Los Angeles from Paris in 1933.
Rainger's career was tragically cut short by a fatal plane crash near Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs , California , in 1942. He was a passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 28 , a DC-3 airliner that was involved in a midair collision with a U.S. Army Air Corps bomber. Rainger was 41 years old when he died; he was survived by a wife, Elizabeth ("Betty"), an 8-year-old son, and two daughters, ages 5 and 1.
Film credits
: For a complete film score list, see: http://songwritershalloffame.org/songs/film_scores/C236 Songwriters Hall of Fame; Ralph Rainger film scores
1930 - Tom Sawyer (1930 film)|Tom Sawyer
1930 - The Virtuous Sin
1932 - The Big Broadcast
1932 - A Farewell to Arms
1932 - This Is the Night (film)|This Is the Night
1933 - A Bedtime Story
1933 - From Hell to Heaven
1933 - She Done Him Wrong
1933 - International House (1933 movie)|International House
1933 - Three-Cornered Moon
1934 - Kiss and Make-Up
1934 - Come on Marines
1934 - Bolero
1934 - All of Me (1934 film)|All of Me
1934 - Little Miss Marker
1934 - Search for Beauty
1934 - Six of a Kind
1935 - The Devil Is a Woman (1935 film)|The Devil Is a Woman
1935 - The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935 - Ruggles of Red Gap
1936 - The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936 - Rhythm on the Range
1936 - Rose of the Rancho
1936 - Poppy
1936 - Palm Springs
1936 - Three Cheers for Love
1937 - King of Gamblers
1937 - The Big Broadcast of 1938 , including the Academy Award winning song " Thanks for the Memory "
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AcademyAwardBestOriginalSong 1934–1940 Persondata | NAME = Rainger, Ralph | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = October 7, 1901 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = October 23, 1942 | PLACE OF DEATH = near Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs , California , United States|U.S. DEFAULTSORT:Rainger, Ralph Category:1901 births Category:1942 deaths Category:American composers Category:Songwriters from New York Category:Best Song Academy Award winning songwriters Category:Musicians from New York City Category:Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the United States
