| 词条 | Henry Nemo |
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Henry Nemo (June 8, 1909 – November 26, 1999)[1] was a musician, songwriter, and actor in Hollywood films who had a reputation as a hipster. Band leadingIn 1941, Nemo formed his own 19-piece band. The group featured four Chinese women as singers. Playing on his nickname, "The Neme," the band's slogan was "Hit the Beam with the Neme."[2] Musical compositionsNemo's first hit composition was I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart.[2] He also composed the song standards "Don't Take Your Love From Me" and "'Tis Autumn", both published in 1941. He also composed the incidental music and lyrics for the 1959 Broadway production of Saul Levitt's play The Andersonville Trial directed by José Ferrer and starring George C. Scott.[3] Nemo worked with Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Mildred Bailey, Tommy Dorsey. Artie Shaw recorded his song "Don't Take Your Love from Me" in 1941 with a band of mostly African-American musicians accompanying African-American vocalist Lena Horne. During his seven decade career, Nemo lived in Los Angeles and New York City. ActingIn 1989, Nemo appeared in The Plot Against Harry, a film made in 1969 by independent filmmakers Michael Roemer and Robert M. Young.[4][5] LegacyNemo is credited as having been the inspiration for the Starkist tuna advertising mascot, Charlie the Tuna.[6] Jazz memorabilia collectionNemo's rare collection of jazz memorabilia documents 1930s music and his days at the Cotton Club, where he wrote the lyrics with Irving Mills and John Redmond for "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (1938), with music by Duke Ellington. In Nemo's historical collection are photographs which he took at the Cotton Club, plus Cotton Club memorabilia and a 1939 telegram from Ellington to Nemo written in jive talk. References1. ^Social Security Death Index. {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Nemo, Henry}}2. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Lyons|first1=Leonard|title=Broadway Medley|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4705741/shamokin_newsdispatch/|agency=Shamokin News-Dispatch|date=May 3, 1941|location=Pennsylvania, Shamokin|page=4|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 21, 2016}} {{Open access}} 3. ^The Andersonville Trial, Internet Broadway Database. 4. ^Vicki Vasilopoulos, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E0DC1F3CF937A25752C1A9629C8B63 "New Life for a 1964 Film"] The New York Times (November 14, 2004). Retrieved October 20, 2011 5. ^"Festival de Cannes: The Plot Against Harry" Cannes Film Festival (1990). Retrieved October 21, 2011 6. ^{{cite news|last1=Aaron|first1=Jane|title='Sorry, Charlie' reminiscent of 1940s yet steadily fades from modern speech|url=http://www.lincolnjournalonline.com/news/2017-04-06/Front_Page/Sorry_Charlie_reminiscent_of_1940s_yet_steadily_fa.html|accessdate=1 November 2017|work=The Lincoln Journal|date=6 April 2017}} 6 : 1909 births|1999 deaths|American male songwriters|20th-century American composers|20th-century male musicians|Male jazz musicians |
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