| 词条 | Larry Wagner |
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| name = Larry Wagner | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1907|09|15|mf=y}} |birth_place =Ashland, Oregon | death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|04|03|1907|09|15|mf=y}}[1] |death_place = Roslyn Heights, New York | origin = | instrument = | genre = Big Band | occupation = composer, arranger, bandleader | years_active = late 1920s – 1970s | label = A440, Decca | associated_acts = Paul Whiteman, Casa Loma Orchestra | website = | current_members = | past_members = }} Larry Wagner (September 15, 1907 – April 3, 2002) was an American arranger, composer, and bandleader. He worked for the band of Paul Whiteman and was long associated with Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra. His compositions "Whistler's Mother-in-Law", "No Name Jive" and "Turn Back the Hands of Time" became nationally popular. Early life and careerLarry Wagner was born in Ashland, Oregon, on September 15, 1907.[2] He graduated from Ashland High School in 1926,[3] and went on to attend the University of Oregon, majoring in journalism.[2] He dropped out of college in 1930[3] to play trumpet in the West Coast territory band of Johnny Robinson[2] at Jantzen Beach Amusement Park.[3] He moved with the band to Seattle during their tenure at the Olympic Hotel.[3] During this time he took a correspondence course in musical arrangement offered by Archie Bleyer. He moved to New York and existed in subsidence mode as a freelance arranger, including work for Cass Daley, George Hall, and the publishing company of Clarence Williams.[2] While in New York he befriended Bleyer on a personal basis; Bleyer helped him land a job arranging for Paul Whiteman's vocalist Durelle Alexander.[4] SuccessWagner joined Whiteman's outfit permanently in 1936,[5] but left as an employee in November of that year.[6] When Whiteman needed a composition he could use for a theme-song in response to the ASCAP boycott, Murray McEachern brought Wagner's composition "Whistler's Mother-in-Law" to him as a possibility.[7] The song greatly pleased Whiteman, who wanted to record it but did not have a recording contract at the time. Before Whiteman could record it, the song was published; a Bing Crosby and Muriel Lane duet took it to #9 on the charts[8] and several other bands made recordings.[9] This led to a permanent souring in Whitemans's and Wagner's relationship.[10] Very late in 1937, Wagner led his own band under the moniker of "Larry Wagner and his Rhythmasters", which recorded and released three sides for Victor Records.[11] Wagner was a member of Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra, doing arranging and composing for the band[1] between the years 1938 and 1942.[2] "No Name Jive", which was a hit (#9)[12] for Gray and his orchestra, was written by Wagner and in 1954, he recorded the song for A440 Records as the leader of a studio orchestra.[13][14] Wagner served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and was part of an entertainment unit serving in the Pacific Theater. An ASCAP member, he wrote "The Men of Iwo Jima" for the Corps.[1] Post-warFollowing his military service, Wagner re-joined the Casa Loma Orchestra as arranger, and continued studies at the Schillinger School, which he credited with furthering his abilities as an arranger.[3] The Casa Loma outfit disbanded around 1950, leaving Wagner to pursue other projects, such as writing musicals intended for high-school performance,[2] fronting a studio band featuring Billy Butterfield for A440 Records,[15] forming a touring band, and recording with his band in 1956 for Forest Records[2] in a favorably-reviewed single.[16] During this time Wagner had another hit song with his composition[17] Turn Back the Hands of Time which Eddie Fisher took to #8 on the charts.[18] He continued his association with Glen Grey into the 1960s[19] and helped perpetuate the Casa Loma leader's name after his death.[20] FamilyWagner married Elizabeth "Betty" Brown, his high-school sweetheart, in 1931;[3] they had a daughter, Linda. At his death, he was survived by his daughter, two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.[1] Compositions
References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.antonnews.com/roslynnews/2002/04/12/obituaries/|title=Larry Wagner Obituary|date=April 3, 2002|publisher=Roslyn News|accessdate=April 15, 2014}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wagner, Larry}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 {{cite book |last=Rayno |first=Don |year=2012 |title=Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930–1967 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-hYmPstZmIC&pg=PA134 |location= |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=493 |isbn=978-0-8108-8322-2}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news |last=McManus |first=John |date=August 1997 |title=Larry Wagner, Composer/Arranger |url=https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/5171/ledger_lines_v9_no_2_aug_1997.pdf?sequence=1 |newspaper=Ledger Lines |location=Eugene, Oregon |publisher=University of Oregon School of Music |pages=10–11|accessdate=April 16, 2014}} 4. ^{{cite book |last=Rayno |first=Don |year=2012 |title=Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930–1967 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-hYmPstZmIC&pg=PA134 |location= |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=134 |isbn=978-0-8108-8322-2 }} 5. ^{{cite book |last=Rayno |first=Don |year=2012 |title=Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930–1967 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-hYmPstZmIC&pg=PA134 |location= |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=523 |isbn=978-0-8108-8322-2 }} 6. ^{{cite book |last=Rayno |first=Don |year=2012 |title=Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930–1967 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-hYmPstZmIC&pg=PA134 |location= |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=159 |isbn=978-0-8108-8322-2}} 7. ^{{cite book |last=DeLong |first=Thomas A.|year=1983 |title=Pops: Paul Whiteman, king of jazz |publisher=New Century Publishers |page=246 |isbn=978-0-8329-0264-2}} 8. ^{{cite book |last= Whitburn|first=Joel |authorlink= Joel Whitburn|title=Pop Memories 1890–1954 |year=1986 |publisher=Record Research, Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=108}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/the-whistlers-mother-in-law-mt0013315036|title=The Whistler's Mother In Law|year=1941|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=April 15, 2014}} 10. ^{{cite book |last=Rayno |first=Don |year=2012 |title=Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930–1967 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-hYmPstZmIC&pg=PA134 |location= |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=223 |isbn=978-0-8108-8322-2 }} 11. ^{{cite book |last=Lord|first=Tom |date=2000 |title=Jazz Discography|volume=24 |publisher=Cadence Jazz Books|pages=W97-W98 |isbn=1-881993-23-X}} 12. ^{{cite book |last= Whitburn|first=Joel |authorlink= Joel Whitburn|title=Pop Memories 1890–1954 |year=1986 |publisher=Record Research, Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=185}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lushlifemusic.com/acatalog/LLM1032.htm|title=No Name Jive|year=1940|publisher=Warner Bros. Music|accessdate=April 15, 2014}} 14. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19540418&id=OIlOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ggAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6441,1345086|title=New Records-No Name Jive|date=April 18, 1954|publisher=Toledo Blade|accessdate=April 15, 2014}} 15. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Longhair Label Goes to Jazz ... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bAoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20 |newspaper=Billboard |date=December 26, 1953 }} 16. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Reviews of New Pop Records |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QB8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37 |newspaper=Billboard |location= |publisher= |date=June 2, 1956 }} 17. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/turn-back-the-hands-of-time-mt0018660969 |title=Eddie Fisher / Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra And Chorus: Turn Back the Hands of Time |author= |date= |website=Allmusic |publisher= |accessdate=April 17, 2014}} 18. ^{{cite book |last= Whitburn|first=Joel |authorlink= Joel Whitburn|title=Pop Memories 1890–1954 |year=1986 |publisher=Record Research, Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=158}} 19. ^{{cite news |author= |title=WRCV Sets Live Band Broadcast |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IiEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA110 |newspaper=Billboard |location= |publisher= |date=March 20, 1961 }} 20. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Special Merit Picks |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6EQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22 |newspaper=Billboard |location= |publisher= |date=September 19, 1964}} 10 : Musicians from Ashland, Oregon|1907 births|2002 deaths|Musicians from Oregon|American Marine Corps personnel of World War II|United States Marines|University of Oregon alumni|People from Roslyn Heights, New York|20th-century American musicians|Victor Records artists |
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