Reuben Bloom (April 24, 1902 – March 30, 1976) was an American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and author.

Life and career

Bloom was born and died in New York City.

Songs

  • "Here's to My Lady" (1952) - lyrics by Johnny Mercer
  • "Day In, Day Out" - lyrics by Johnny Mercer
  • "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" - lyrics by Ted Koehler
  • "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" - lyrics by Johnny Mercer
  • "Give Me the Simple Life“ - with Harry Ruby
  • "Good-for-Nothin' Joe" - lyrics by Ted Koehler
  • "I Can't Face the Music" - lyrics by Ted Koehler
  • "Lost in a Dream" - lyrics by Edgar Leslie
  • "Maybe You'll Be There" - lyrics by Sammy Gallop
  • "Out in the Cold Again" - lyrics by Ted Koehler
  • "Take Me" - lyrics by Mack David
  • "The Man from South"
  • "Truckin'" (revised as "Ev'rybody's Twistin'" (Frank Sinatra, 1962)
  • "What Goes Up Must Come Down"
  • "Mysterious Mose"
  • "Duo-Art Piano Roll #713297 "Just a Bird's-Eye View" Arr and Played by Rube Bloom

References

Sources

  • Jaques Cattell Press (Ed.): Who's who in American Music. Classical. First edition. R. R. Bowker, New York 1983.
  • Stanley Sadie, H. Wiley Hitchcock (Ed.): The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. Grove's Dictionaries of Music, New York, N.Y. 1986.
  • Barry Dean Kernfeld: The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Macmillan Press, London 1988.
  • Michael Cuscuna, Michel Ruppi: The Blue Note label. A Discography. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. 2001.
  • Rube Bloom recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.