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Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) [1] was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film.
Harry Warren (born December 24, 1893, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died September 22, 1981, Los Angeles, California) was an American songwriter who, by his own estimate, produced 300 to 400 songs from 1922 through 1960, many for Hollywood films and Broadway musical productions.
Wrote music for "42nd Street" Busby Berkley's first major film musical. Harry Warren was born Salvatore Guaragna, to Italian immigrant parents, in Brooklyn, New York on December 24, 1893, the eleventh of twelve children. Warren taught himself to play several musical instruments, including the accordion and piano.
About Harry Warren. Salvatore Guaragna (1893-1981) was born to Italian immigrants in Brooklyn, and his father changed the family name to Warren during Harry’s childhood. After displaying...
Sep 23, 1981 · Harry Warren, the composer of more than 300 popular songs for more than 50 Hollywood films - the best known of which, ''42d Street,'' lives on in a Broadway stage version -...
Oct 1, 2009 · He was “the invisible man,” according to the writer William Zinsser, a classic example of a songwriter whose songs are far more famous than he is. Yet Harry Warren wrote many of America’s ...
In 1932 he teamed with lyricist Al Dubin and settled in Hollywood, writing for hundreds of films by 1957. Their 1932 film, 42nd Street, was an enormous hit. Warren claims that “Getting to Be a Habit with Me” was the first “drug” song.
