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Rube Bloom
Vintage sheet music for
"Day In, Day Out"
music by Rube Bloom;
words by Johnny Mercer
Mercer, Bloom and Bob Crosby on cover
1939
Basic Information
Born: April 24, 1902, New York City
Died: March 30, 1976 (age 73), New York City
Primary songwriting role: composer; also choreographer, pianist, bandleader, and singer
Co-writers: Click here for a database of Rube Bloom's co-writers.
Rube Bloom and His Bayou Boys
perform
"The Man from the South with a Big
Cigar in His Mouth"
(1930)
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Rube Bloom was a Jewish-American pianist, singer, composer of popular songs, entertainer, band leader, recording artist, and writer (he wrote several books on piano method). During his career, he worked with many well-known performers (Bix Beiderbecke, Ruth Etting, Dorsey Brothers).
His first hit was "Soliloquy" in 1927, then in 1929 came "The Men From The South". Bloom formed and led a number of bands during his career, such as Rube Bloom and His Bayou Boys which was used on 3 sessions in 1930. At other times, he played with other bands (e.g. Bix Beiderbecke and Frankie Trumbauer in the Sioux City Six).
Recording: Rube Bloom And His Bayou Boys, vocals Roy Evans, Rube Bloom - "The Man From The South (With The Big Cigar In His Mouth)" (words and music: Rube Bloom), Columbia, 1930.
Peter Mentun Plays Rube Bloom's 1926 compostion, "Soliloquy (A Musical Thought)" and comments that the piece is "A pensive, modernistic tone poem."
Ruth Etting sings "Out in the Cold Again"
(1934),
music by Rube Bloom, lyrics by Ted Koehler.
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, New York: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (dates, career, shows/movies, songs; 3rd edition, 1966, entry pp. 63-64)