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Browse piano sheets by Louis Silvers on Zen Virtual Piano. Louis Silvers was born in New York City as Louis Silberstein. Silvers began as a vaudeville pianist, and by the time he went to Hollywood he was working as a musical director on Broadway. He conducted the music for dozens of Warner's early Vitaphone recordings. A start in vaudeville, beside the Vitaphone recordings he conducted, may point to a career that touched both live performance and recorded sound. Silvers scored the sound sequences in D. W. Griffith's 1921 film Dream Street. He also scored The Jazz Singer, a part-talking feature film from 1927. Over thirty films carry music composed by Silvers, and he served as musical director on around seventy. The Jazz Singer, which Silvers scored, and the early Vitaphone recordings he conducted both sit among his credits for sound work. Silvers was music director for Lux Radio Theater for most of its long run, which ran from 1934 to 1955. In 1935 Silvers won the first Academy Award for Best Original Score, for One Night of Love. Does directing music for Lux Radio Theater, set beside a vaudeville start as a pianist, hint at a career that moved between stage, radio and film? April Showers dates from 1921, and the Library of Congress says Silvers and Buddy De Sylva penned its music and lyrics. Al Jolson introduced it in Bombo, a Broadway show. The Library of Congress calls Silvers and De Sylva Tin Pan Alley greats and April Showers an enduring hit. The Library of Congress adds that Silvers and De Sylva reverted to a simple tune to convey a simple sentiment. April Showers arriving in 1921, the same year as Dream Street, may suggest a year in which Silvers had both Broadway and film credits. Silvers was married to Janet Adair. Silvers died of a heart ailment in Hollywood, California, on March 26, 1954.
Browse piano sheets by Louis Silvers on Zen Virtual Piano.
Louis Silvers was born in New York City as Louis Silberstein. Silvers began as a vaudeville pianist, and by the time he went to Hollywood he was working as a musical director on Broadway. He conducted the music for dozens of Warner's early Vitaphone recordings. A start in vaudeville, beside the Vitaphone recordings he conducted, may point to a career that touched both live performance and recorded sound.
Silvers scored the sound sequences in D. W. Griffith's 1921 film Dream Street. He also scored The Jazz Singer, a part-talking feature film from 1927. Over thirty films carry music composed by Silvers, and he served as musical director on around seventy. The Jazz Singer, which Silvers scored, and the early Vitaphone recordings he conducted both sit among his credits for sound work.
Silvers was music director for Lux Radio Theater for most of its long run, which ran from 1934 to 1955. In 1935 Silvers won the first Academy Award for Best Original Score, for One Night of Love. Does directing music for Lux Radio Theater, set beside a vaudeville start as a pianist, hint at a career that moved between stage, radio and film?
April Showers dates from 1921, and the Library of Congress says Silvers and Buddy De Sylva penned its music and lyrics. Al Jolson introduced it in Bombo, a Broadway show. The Library of Congress calls Silvers and De Sylva Tin Pan Alley greats and April Showers an enduring hit. The Library of Congress adds that Silvers and De Sylva reverted to a simple tune to convey a simple sentiment. April Showers arriving in 1921, the same year as Dream Street, may suggest a year in which Silvers had both Broadway and film credits. Silvers was married to Janet Adair. Silvers died of a heart ailment in Hollywood, California, on March 26, 1954.
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Louis Silvers was born Louis Silberstein in New York City. He began as a vaudeville pianist, worked as a musical director on Broadway and went to Hollywood.
Louis Silvers scored the sound sequences in Dream Street, a 1921 film by D. W. Griffith, and the part-talking feature The Jazz Singer from 1927. Over thirty films carry music composed by Silvers.
In 1935 Louis Silvers won the first Academy Award for Best Original Score, for One Night of Love.
The Library of Congress says Louis Silvers and Buddy De Sylva penned the music and lyrics of April Showers in 1921. Al Jolson introduced the song in the Broadway show Bombo.