Word: kern
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Until Oklahoma!, Hammerstein adapted his lyrics to his partner's melodies (notable exception: The Last Time I Saw Paris, which Oscar first wrote as a poem, Jerome Kern later put to music). This system of creation puts the pinch on the lyricist; and it is in the pinches that Oscar has earned the awe of his fellow craftsmen, who refer to him as "The Master." Oscar now writes his words first and lets Rodgers weave a song...
...more reason for a meeting between the two outfits is that it might be a fine football battle. Havens has in his 45 man caravan four ends, five tackles, and five guards, and a formidable center named John Kern who tips the scales...
...hate Tullai, but I Dorsey that Norman will deny that the Rodis Bright if we Kern this one, so Lathron all over them. Good Havens, we will Pierce their line and Paul them apart. Western Maryland will find that to Stenarnd and to sit is Adams sight more safe...
...million records and almost two million copies of sheet music. He organized the Fred Fisher Music Co., grossed nearly $1,000,000 in his first year. Later, as a manager of another Tin Pan Alley firm (Harms), Fred Fisher had such hopefuls as George Gershwin and Jerome Kern on his staff...
...most successful steal was Chasing Rainbows from Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu. He got the title for Peg O' My Heart from the play (1912) starring Laurette Taylor, which had been a hit before Fisher borrowed its well-plugged name for his song. Fisher once sued Jerome Kern, accusing him of stealing the theme of his Kalula from the rumbling bass part of Dardanella. The jury awarded...