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Fred Fisher

May 04, 2023

For other people called Fred or Frederick Fisher, see Frederick Fisher (disambiguation).

Fred Fisher (born Alfred Breitenbach, September 30, 1875 – January 14, 1942)[1] was a German-born American songwriter and Tin Pan Alley music publisher.

Fred Fisher
Birth nameAlfred Breitenbach
Also known asFred Fischer
Born(1875-09-30)September 30, 1875
Cologne, Germany
DiedJanuary 14, 1942(1942-01-14) (aged 66)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)Songwriter, music publisher
Years active1900s–1940

Biography

Fisher was born in Cologne, Germany.[1] His parents were Max and Theodora Breitenbach. After visiting the United States in 1892, he immigrated in 1900, where he adopted the name Fred Fischer. He founded the Fred Fischer Music Publishing Company in 1907. During World War I he changed his surname to Fisher to make it seem less Germanic.[2]

In 1914, Fred Fisher married Ana Fisher (née Davidovitch, later anglicized as Davis; born 1896). Their children – Daniel ("Danny"; 1920–2001), Marvin (1916–1993), and Doris (1915–2003) – also wrote songs professionally.[3] Fisher died in Manhattan, New York,[4][5] and was interred at Maimonides Cemetery in Brooklyn.

In 1970, Fred Fisher was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Ripley's "Believe It or Not" column credited him with writing more Irish songs than anyone else.[6]

Selected compositions

  • "If the Man in the Moon Were a Coon," by Fred Fischer, Will Rossiter (1867–1954) (pub) (1905) OCLC 497077685 (this was his first hit; it combined two then-popular song themes, Moon songs and Coon songs)
  • "Come Josephine In My Flying Machine," by Fred Fischer, Shapiro (pub) (1910) OCLC 6586232
  • "Peg O' My Heart, words by Alfred Bryan, music by Fred Fisher, Leo Feist (pub) (1913) OCLC 11149171
  • "Who paid the rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle?" words by Alfred Bryan, music by Fred Fischer, Leo Feist (pub) (1914) OCLC 49782832
  • "Lorraine (My Beautiful Alsace Lorraine)" lyrics by Alfred Bryan, music by Fred Fisher, McCarthy & Fisher (pub) (1917) OCLC 13465614
  • "They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me," words by Joseph McCarthy (1885–1943), music by Fred Fisher, McCarthy & Fisher (pub) (1917) OCLC 17811063
  • "The Popular Wobbly," parody of "They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me," words by T-Bone Slim (1880–1942), Industrial Workers of the World (pub) (1920)
  • "Dardanella," words by Fred Fisher, music by Felix Bernard (1897–1944) & Johnny S. Black (1895–1936), McCarthy & Fisher Inc. (1919) OCLC 10206915
  • "Chicago," by Fred Fisher, Fred Fisher (pub) (1922) OCLC 20597644
  • "That's When Your Heartaches Begin," by William Raskin, George Brown (Billy Hill), and Fred Fisher, Fred Fisher Music Co. (1940) (an Ink Spots tune recorded in 1957 by Elvis) OCLC 46387847
  • "Your Feet's Too Big," by Ada Benson, Fred Fisher, The Four Ink Spots (1936) OCLC 497463463
  • "I'd Rather Be Blue," words by Billy Rose, music by Fred Fisher, Irving Berlin (pub) (1928) OCLC 25122790
  • "Whispering Grass," words by Fred Fisher, music by Doris Fisher, Mills Music Inc. (pub) (1940) OCLC 26008157

Some of his other songs are;

  • 1917 "Pull the Cork Out of Erin Let the River Shannon Flow". L: Addison Burkhardt[7]
  • 1918 "Come Across, Yankee Boy, Come Across". L: Alfred Bryan[8]
  • 1918 "In the Harbor of My Mother's Arms". L: Monty Brice[8]
  • 1918 "Little Blue Bonnet Girl"[8]
  • 1918 "Mister McAdoo". L:Joseph McCarthy & Alfred Bryan[8]
  • 1918 "Oui, Oui, Marie". L: Alfred Bryan[7]
  • 1918 "Sink All Your Ships in the Ocean Blue". L: Jack Glogau[7]
  • 1918 "Wee, Wee, Marie (Will You Do Zis for Me)". L: Joseph McCarthy & Alfred Bryan[7]
  • 1918 "We're All Comrades Now". L: Joseph McCarthy[7]
  • 1918 "When Yankee Doodle Sails Upon the Good Ship Home Sweet Home". L: Addison Burkhardt[7]

Filmography

Gallery

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    Come Josephine In My Flying Machine 1910

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    They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me 1917

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    Dardanella 1919

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    Chicago 1922

References

General references Source Citation:

  • American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999
  • American Popular Songs. From the Revolutionary War to the present. Edited by David Ewen. New York: Random House, 1966
  • American Songwriters. By David Ewen. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1987
  • The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary. Third edition. New York: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, 1966
  • ASCAP Biographical Dictionary. Fourth edition. Compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers by Jaques Cattell Press. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1980
  • Biographical Dictionary of American Music. By Charles Eugene Claghorn. West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing Co., 1973
  • Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 1: January 1946 – July 1949. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1949
  • Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 6: September 1961 – August 1964. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1965
  • Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 15: September 1986 – August 1988. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1988
  • Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 16: September 1988 – August 1990. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1990
  • The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900–1950. Three volumes. By Roger D. Kinkle. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1974. Biographies are located in Volumes 2 and 3
  • Dictionary of Pseudonyms. Third edition. By Adrian Room. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1998
  • The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Third edition. Eight volumes. Edited by Colin Larkin. London: MUZE, 1998. Grove's Dictionaries, New York, 1998
  • The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. Composers and their music. Supplement. By William H. Rehrig. Westerville, OH: Integrity Press, 1996
  • The New American Dictionary of Music. By Philip D. Morehead with Anne MacNeil. New York: Dutton, 1991
  • The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. Four volumes. Edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan Press, 1986
  • Notable Names in the American Theatre. Clifton, NJ: James T. White & Co., 1976. Earlier edition published as The Biographical Encyclopaedia and Who's Who of the American Theatre
  • The Oxford Companion to Popular Music. By Peter Gammond. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1991
  • Popular American Composers. From Revolutionary times to the present. A biographical and critical guide. First edition. Compiled and edited by David Ewen. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1962
  • Songwriters. A biographical dictionary with discographies. By Nigel Harrison. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1998
  • Sweet and Lowdown. America's popular song writers. By Warren Craig. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1978. Biographies appear in the 'After Tin Pan Alley' section, beginning on page 91
  • Tin Pan Alley. An encyclopedia of the golden age of American song. By David A. Jasen. New York: Routledge, 2003

Inline citations

  1. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 867. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ^ Jack Gottlieb, Funny, It Doesn't Sound Jewish: How Yiddish Songs and Synagogue Melodies Influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood, Volume 1, p. 25, SUNY Press (2004) ISBN 0-8444-1130-2 ISBN 9780844411309
  3. ^ Honor Roll of Popular Song Writers: No. 13 – Fred Fisher, by Jack Burton, Billboard (magazine), p. 48, March 19, 1949
  4. ^ Songwriters Attend Fred Fisher's Rites: Buck Praises Him for Great Contribution to Music,The New York Times, January 17, 1942
  5. ^ Hit Songs' Author Suicide by Hanging, The New York Times, January 15, 1942
  6. ^ Jack Gottlieb, Funny ... , pg 25
  7. ^ a b c d e f Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music – Volume 2. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 489, 547, 586, 758, 764, 787. ISBN 978-0-7864-2799-4.
  8. ^ a b c d Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music - Volume 1. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 80, 303, 378, 415. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7.

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fred, fisher, other, people, called, fred, frederick, fisher, frederick, fisher, disambiguation, born, alfred, breitenbach, september, 1875, january, 1942, german, born, american, songwriter, alley, music, publisher, birth, namealfred, breitenbachalso, known, . For other people called Fred or Frederick Fisher see Frederick Fisher disambiguation Fred Fisher born Alfred Breitenbach September 30 1875 January 14 1942 1 was a German born American songwriter and Tin Pan Alley music publisher Fred FisherBirth nameAlfred BreitenbachAlso known asFred FischerBorn 1875 09 30 September 30 1875Cologne GermanyDiedJanuary 14 1942 1942 01 14 aged 66 Manhattan New York U S Occupation s Songwriter music publisherYears active1900s 1940 Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected compositions 3 Filmography 4 Gallery 5 References 6 External linksBiography EditFisher was born in Cologne Germany 1 His parents were Max and Theodora Breitenbach After visiting the United States in 1892 he immigrated in 1900 where he adopted the name Fred Fischer He founded the Fred Fischer Music Publishing Company in 1907 During World War I he changed his surname to Fisher to make it seem less Germanic 2 In 1914 Fred Fisher married Ana Fisher nee Davidovitch later anglicized as Davis born 1896 Their children Daniel Danny 1920 2001 Marvin 1916 1993 and Doris 1915 2003 also wrote songs professionally 3 Fisher died in Manhattan New York 4 5 and was interred at Maimonides Cemetery in Brooklyn In 1970 Fred Fisher was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame The Ripley s Believe It or Not column credited him with writing more Irish songs than anyone else 6 Selected compositions Edit If the Man in the Moon Were a Coon by Fred Fischer Will Rossiter 1867 1954 pub 1905 OCLC 497077685 this was his first hit it combined two then popular song themes Moon songs and Coon songs Come Josephine In My Flying Machine by Fred Fischer Shapiro pub 1910 OCLC 6586232 Peg O My Heart words by Alfred Bryan music by Fred Fisher Leo Feist pub 1913 OCLC 11149171 Who paid the rent for Mrs Rip Van Winkle words by Alfred Bryan music by Fred Fischer Leo Feist pub 1914 OCLC 49782832 Lorraine My Beautiful Alsace Lorraine lyrics by Alfred Bryan music by Fred Fisher McCarthy amp Fisher pub 1917 OCLC 13465614 They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me words by Joseph McCarthy 1885 1943 music by Fred Fisher McCarthy amp Fisher pub 1917 OCLC 17811063 The Popular Wobbly parody of They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me words by T Bone Slim 1880 1942 Industrial Workers of the World pub 1920 Dardanella words by Fred Fisher music by Felix Bernard 1897 1944 amp Johnny S Black 1895 1936 McCarthy amp Fisher Inc 1919 OCLC 10206915 Chicago by Fred Fisher Fred Fisher pub 1922 OCLC 20597644 That s When Your Heartaches Begin by William Raskin George Brown Billy Hill and Fred Fisher Fred Fisher Music Co 1940 an Ink Spots tune recorded in 1957 by Elvis OCLC 46387847 Your Feet s Too Big by Ada Benson Fred Fisher The Four Ink Spots 1936 OCLC 497463463 I d Rather Be Blue words by Billy Rose music by Fred Fisher Irving Berlin pub 1928 OCLC 25122790 Whispering Grass words by Fred Fisher music by Doris Fisher Mills Music Inc pub 1940 OCLC 26008157Some of his other songs are 1917 Pull the Cork Out of Erin Let the River Shannon Flow L Addison Burkhardt 7 1918 Come Across Yankee Boy Come Across L Alfred Bryan 8 1918 In the Harbor of My Mother s Arms L Monty Brice 8 1918 Little Blue Bonnet Girl 8 1918 Mister McAdoo L Joseph McCarthy amp Alfred Bryan 8 1918 Oui Oui Marie L Alfred Bryan 7 1918 Sink All Your Ships in the Ocean Blue L Jack Glogau 7 1918 Wee Wee Marie Will You Do Zis for Me L Joseph McCarthy amp Alfred Bryan 7 1918 We re All Comrades Now L Joseph McCarthy 7 1918 When Yankee Doodle Sails Upon the Good Ship Home Sweet Home L Addison Burkhardt 7 Filmography EditMy Man 1928 Fanny Brice sings I d Rather Be Blue a Fisher Billy Rose collaboration that was later covered by Barbra Streisand Oh You Beautiful Doll 1949 This film is a fictionalized Hollywood biography featuring many of Fisher s songs A Tin Pan Alley promoter Mark Stevens turns serious composer Fred Breitenbach S Z Sakall into songwriter Fred Fisher Gallery Edit Come Josephine In My Flying Machine 1910 They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me 1917 Dardanella 1919 Chicago 1922References EditGeneral references Source Citation American National Biography 24 volumes Edited by John A Garraty and Mark C Carnes New York Oxford University Press 1999 American Popular Songs From the Revolutionary War to the present Edited by David Ewen New York Random House 1966 American Songwriters By David Ewen New York H W Wilson Co 1987 The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary Third edition New York American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers 1966 ASCAP Biographical Dictionary Fourth edition Compiled for the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers by Jaques Cattell Press New York R R Bowker 1980 Biographical Dictionary of American Music By Charles Eugene Claghorn West Nyack NY Parker Publishing Co 1973 Biography Index A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines Volume 1 January 1946 July 1949 New York H W Wilson Co 1949 Biography Index A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines Volume 6 September 1961 August 1964 New York H W Wilson Co 1965 Biography Index A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines Volume 15 September 1986 August 1988 New York H W Wilson Co 1988 Biography Index A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines Volume 16 September 1988 August 1990 New York H W Wilson Co 1990 The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz 1900 1950 Three volumes By Roger D Kinkle New Rochelle NY Arlington House Publishers 1974 Biographies are located in Volumes 2 and 3 Dictionary of Pseudonyms Third edition By Adrian Room Jefferson NC McFarland amp Co 1998 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Third edition Eight volumes Edited by Colin Larkin London MUZE 1998 Grove s Dictionaries New York 1998 The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music Composers and their music Supplement By William H Rehrig Westerville OH Integrity Press 1996 The New American Dictionary of Music By Philip D Morehead with Anne MacNeil New York Dutton 1991 The New Grove Dictionary of American Music Four volumes Edited by H Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie London Macmillan Press 1986 Notable Names in the American Theatre Clifton NJ James T White amp Co 1976 Earlier edition published as The Biographical Encyclopaedia and Who s Who of the American Theatre The Oxford Companion to Popular Music By Peter Gammond Oxford England Oxford University Press 1991 Popular American Composers From Revolutionary times to the present A biographical and critical guide First edition Compiled and edited by David Ewen New York H W Wilson Co 1962 Songwriters A biographical dictionary with discographies By Nigel Harrison Jefferson NC McFarland amp Co 1998 Sweet and Lowdown America s popular song writers By Warren Craig Metuchen NJ Scarecrow Press 1978 Biographies appear in the After Tin Pan Alley section beginning on page 91 Tin Pan Alley An encyclopedia of the golden age of American song By David A Jasen New York Routledge 2003Inline citations a b Colin Larkin ed 1992 The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music First ed Guinness Publishing p 867 ISBN 0 85112 939 0 Jack Gottlieb Funny It Doesn t Sound Jewish How Yiddish Songs and Synagogue Melodies Influenced Tin Pan Alley Broadway and Hollywood Volume 1 p 25 SUNY Press 2004 ISBN 0 8444 1130 2 ISBN 9780844411309 Honor Roll of Popular Song Writers No 13 Fred Fisher by Jack Burton Billboard magazine p 48 March 19 1949 Songwriters Attend Fred Fisher s Rites Buck Praises Him for Great Contribution to Music The New York Times January 17 1942 Hit Songs Author Suicide by Hanging The New York Times January 15 1942 Jack Gottlieb Funny pg 25 a b c d e f Parker Bernard S 2007 World War I Sheet Music Volume 2 Jefferson North Carolina McFarland amp Company pp 489 547 586 758 764 787 ISBN 978 0 7864 2799 4 a b c d Parker Bernard S 2007 World War I Sheet Music Volume 1 Jefferson North Carolina McFarland amp Company pp 80 303 378 415 ISBN 978 0 7864 2798 7 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to 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