All Of Me
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Browse piano sheets by Seymour Simons on Zen Virtual Piano. Seymour Simons was born in Detroit in 1896 and received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Michigan. Wikipedia says he originally trained in engineering and took a job as a research engineer at a Detroit motor plant, but the First World War intervened and he ended up in aeronautical research. The Songwriters Hall of Fame adds that he served as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Force. An engineer who ended up writing songs suggests a career that took several turns before it found its tune, and a mind used to building things step by step. After his discharge he became well known in the Detroit area as a pianist, composer and orchestra leader, and during the 1920s he wrote special material for a number of performers, including Nora Bayes and Elsie Janis. In 1919 he wrote Just Like a Gypsy with Bayes, a popular entertainer who was already a songwriter, best known for Shine On Harvest Moon, and Just Like a Gypsy was recorded in 1941 by Maxine Sullivan and in 1946 by Peggy Lee. A collaboration in 1926 with Richard Whiting produced Hello, Baby, recorded by Ruth Etting, and Breezinā Along With the Breeze was written together with Haven Gillespie. Just Like a Gypsy being recorded by Maxine Sullivan in 1941 and Peggy Lee in 1946 suggests a song that outlived its first moment, and craft that other singers could pick up. With Gus Kahn, Simons wrote Just Canāt Be Bothered with Me (1929) and Sweetheart of My Student Days (1930). From 1928 to 1932 he worked in radio production and booking, and in the early 1930s he led a radio orchestra. The Songwriters Hall of Fame says his songwriting ran on a kind of parallel track to all his other activities. Radio production, an orchestra on the air and songs written with Gus Kahn seem to tie his songwriting closely to the performing side of the business. His biggest hit, All of Me, was a 1931 collaboration with Gerald Marks, and the song has kept its popularity through the years. The Songwriters Hall of Fame places its arrival in 1931, when most of America was reeling from the Great Depression, and calls the song a standard that supersedes any boundaries of specific years or eras. The song All of Me featured in the 1984 movie of the same name, starring Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin, and won the Songwriters Hall of Fameās Towering Song award in 2000. Perhaps a song written in a hard year that keeps being sung found its audience when people needed a good tune, and kept it for decades.
Browse piano sheets by Seymour Simons on Zen Virtual Piano.
Seymour Simons was born in Detroit in 1896 and received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Michigan. Wikipedia says he originally trained in engineering and took a job as a research engineer at a Detroit motor plant, but the First World War intervened and he ended up in aeronautical research. The Songwriters Hall of Fame adds that he served as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Force. An engineer who ended up writing songs suggests a career that took several turns before it found its tune, and a mind used to building things step by step.
After his discharge he became well known in the Detroit area as a pianist, composer and orchestra leader, and during the 1920s he wrote special material for a number of performers, including Nora Bayes and Elsie Janis. In 1919 he wrote Just Like a Gypsy with Bayes, a popular entertainer who was already a songwriter, best known for Shine On Harvest Moon, and Just Like a Gypsy was recorded in 1941 by Maxine Sullivan and in 1946 by Peggy Lee. A collaboration in 1926 with Richard Whiting produced Hello, Baby, recorded by Ruth Etting, and Breezinā Along With the Breeze was written together with Haven Gillespie. Just Like a Gypsy being recorded by Maxine Sullivan in 1941 and Peggy Lee in 1946 suggests a song that outlived its first moment, and craft that other singers could pick up.
With Gus Kahn, Simons wrote Just Canāt Be Bothered with Me (1929) and Sweetheart of My Student Days (1930). From 1928 to 1932 he worked in radio production and booking, and in the early 1930s he led a radio orchestra. The Songwriters Hall of Fame says his songwriting ran on a kind of parallel track to all his other activities. Radio production, an orchestra on the air and songs written with Gus Kahn seem to tie his songwriting closely to the performing side of the business.
His biggest hit, All of Me, was a 1931 collaboration with Gerald Marks, and the song has kept its popularity through the years. The Songwriters Hall of Fame places its arrival in 1931, when most of America was reeling from the Great Depression, and calls the song a standard that supersedes any boundaries of specific years or eras. The song All of Me featured in the 1984 movie of the same name, starring Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin, and won the Songwriters Hall of Fameās Towering Song award in 2000. Perhaps a song written in a hard year that keeps being sung found its audience when people needed a good tune, and kept it for decades.
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Seymour Simons was born in Detroit in 1896 and became a pianist, composer and orchestra leader, who co-wrote All of Me with Gerald Marks.
It is the biggest hit Simons wrote with Gerald Marks in 1931, which won the Songwriters Hall of Fameās Towering Song award in 2000.
He wrote special material for performers including Nora Bayes and Elsie Janis.
From 1928 to 1932 he worked in radio production and booking, and in the early 1930s he led a radio orchestra.