Olman, Abe

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Olman, Abe
Date of birth
1887-12-20
Date of death
1984-01-04
Field of activity
Music
Occupation
Composers
Lyricists
Music publishers
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 229879590
Wikidata: Q4666430
Library of congress: n 92082935
Sources of Information
  • IMDb, accessed Mar. 11, 2014(b. Dec. 20, 1888; Ohio, USA; d. Jan. 4, 1984 (age 95) in Riverside, California, USA; songwriter)
  • Wikipedia, accessed Mar. 11, 2014(Abe Olman; b. December 20, 1887; d. January 4, 1984), born Abraham Olshewitz, American songwriter and music publisher)
  • Rose, E. Some sweet day [SR] 1917:label (Abe Olman)

Wikipedia description:

Abe Olman (December 20, 1887 – January 4, 1984), born Abraham Olshewitz, was an American songwriter and music publisher. He composed a number of successful ragtime and popular songs including "Red Onion Rag" (1912), "Down Among the Sheltering Palms" (1915), "Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!" (1917), and "Down By the O-Hi-O" (1920). He was later director of ASCAP, and a founder of the Songwriters Hall of Fame which, in 1983, named the annual Abe Olman Publisher Award in his honor.

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