Edgar Fairchild

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Role

Director | Actor

Date of birth

05/31/1898

Date of death

02/20/1975

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Edgar Fairchild

Biography

Composer, songwriter ("I Can't Get You Out of My Mind"), conductor and pianist, educated at Juilliard (on scholarship) and a student of Percy Goetschius. He led his own trio, and conducted orchestras for several network radio programs. He was also the featured pianist in several Broadway musicals. Joining ASCAP in 1942, his chief musical collaborator was Jack Brooks. His other popular song compositions include "Gotta Go to Work Again", "I Made Arrangements With the Moon", "Gee! It Was a Beautiful Song", "Lady Precious Stream", "These 'n' That 'n' Those", "Moon In the Parlor", and "Are You Listenin' Joe?".

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