Manning, Dick

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
מנינג, דיק, 1912-1991
Name (Latin)
Manning, Dick
Other forms of name
Medoff, Sam
Medoff, Samuel
Manning, Dick, 1912-1991
Medoff, Samuel, 1912-1991
Medoff, Sam, 1912-1991
מדוף, סם
מעדאוו, סעם
Date of birth
1912
Date of death
1991
Associated country
United States
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 41342642
Wikidata: Q5273170
Library of congress: nb2001005213
Sources of Information
  • IMDB, Mar. 5, 2008(Dick Manning; b. June 12, 1912; d. April 11, 1991; has filmography with songs written by Dick Manning)
  • Music from the Yiddish radio project [SR] p2002:insert (Sam Medoff and the Yiddish Swing Orchestra; pianist and arranger)
  • No room to rhumba (in a sports car), 1963(Dick Manning)
  • No, don't stop, 1946
  • Wikipedia, Mar. 5, 2008(Dick Manning (1912-April 11, 1991); Russian-born American songwriter, best known for his many collaborations with Al Hoffman; b. Gomel, Belarus; came to the U.S. when he was 6 years old; birth name: Samuel Medoff; changed name in 1948; d. Marietta, Ga., April 11, 1991)
  • Yalaloo, 1959.
  • cf. http://en.wikipedia.org"Dick Manning (June 12, 1912 - April 11, 1991) [2] was a Russian-born American songwriter".
  • cf: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Manning (accessed: 23.04.2012)"Manning made the change from Medoff in 1948... In the early 1940s, he had a radio show on WHN radio in New York called Sam Medoff and His Yiddish Swing Orchestra; his band was called 'The Yiddish Swingtet'"
  • cf.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Manning (accessed: 4.1.2011).
  • Oy hob ich a meidele, [1935]:title page (Sam Medoff)

Wikipedia description:

Dick Manning (born Samuel Medoff (Самуил Медов), June 12, 1912 – April 11, 1991) was a Russian-American songwriter, best known for his many collaborations with Al Hoffman. Manning composed the first full-length musical to be broadcast on television. The Boys From Boise aired on the DuMont Television Network in 1944.

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