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Charles Gaynor

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ComposerLyricistBook Writer 1907–1975

Charles Beauclerk Gaynor (born April 3, 1907, Boston, Massachusetts – December 18, 1975, Washington, D.C.) was an American musical composer. His revues include Lend an Ear (1948) and Show Girl (1961), and he contributed songs to the 1973 revival of Irene, and the London production Sweeter and Lower. Gene Kelly had his first position as a choreographer with the Charles Gaynor musical revue Hold Your Hats at the Pittsburgh Playhouse in April 1938.

Also credited on2 works

Lend An Ear
Show Girl

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In the literature8 passages

  • Lyrics : Ruth Hughes Aarons, Jeff Bailey, David Craig, Charles Gaynor, Ronnie (Ronny) Graham, Norman Hackforth, John Jewett/Jowett/Jowitt (see note below), Sonny Kane, Albert G. Miller, Peter Myers, David Rogers, John Rox, and Max Showalterebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Music : David Baker, Baldwin Bergersen, George Engels, Dean Fuller, Charles Gaynor, Marie Gorden, Ronnie (Ronny) Graham, Norman Hackforth, John Jowitt, Peter Myers, Jack Pleis, Max Showalter, Arthur Siegel, and Charles Zwarebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Lyrics : Irving Berlin, Peter Cadby, David Craig, Buster Davis, Marvin Fisher, Tommy Garlock, Charles Gaynor, Murray Grand, Alan Jeffreys, Leslie Julian Jones, John Jowitt, Lucille Kallen, Portia Nelson, Jack Strachey, Allistair Thompson, Chester Wallace, and Ira Wallachebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Billed as an “intimate revue” with sketches, music, and lyrics by Charles Gaynor, it had originally been commissioned by Frederick Burleigh, director of the Pittsburgh Playhouse, where it premiered in April 1941. Plans for a Broadway production were abandoned when the author was drafted into the military. Following the war, Gaynor and act…ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
  • Tierney, Harry, Joseph McCarthy, Charles Gaynor, and Otis Clements. Irene. Broadway cast recording with Debbie Reynolds, Monte Markham, George S. Irving, Ruth Warrick, and Patsy Kelly. Cond. Jack Lee. Jacket notes Ken Mandelbaum. Sony Broadway compact disc, SK 32266: 10. 1973, 1992.ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
  • Songs: “Alice Blue Gown”; “They Go Wild, Simply Wild Over Me” (music: Fred Fisher); “Mother, Angel, Darling” (Charles Gaynor); “The Last Part of Ev’ry Party”; “Irene”; “You Made Me Love You” (music: James Monaco); “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” (music: Harry Carroll) (added)ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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