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  • 101Fred Astaire — El texto que sigue es una traducción defectuosa o incompleta. Si quieres colaborar con Wikipedia, busca el artículo original y mejora o finaliza esta traducción. Puedes dar aviso al autor principal del artículo pegando el siguiente código en su… …

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  • 102Berlin, Irving — orig. Israel Baline born May 11, 1888, Mogilyov, Russia died Sept. 22, 1989, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. songwriter. The son of a Russian Jewish cantor, he and his family immigrated to New York City in 1893. He worked as a street singer and singing …

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  • 103Cohn, Harry — born July 23, 1891, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Feb. 27, 1958, Phoenix, Ariz. U.S. film producer and cofounder of Columbia Pictures. He worked for a film distributor before cofounding C.B.C. Film Sales Co. (1920), later named Columbia Pictures Corp …

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  • 104Lane, Burton — orig. Burton Levy born Feb. 2, 1912, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Jan. 5, 1997, New York City U.S. songwriter. Lane worked in Tin Pan Alley, where he came to the attention of George Gershwin. His tunes were featured on Broadway from the early 1930s… …

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  • 105McHugh, Jimmy — orig. James Francis McHugh born July 10, 1894, Boston, Mass., U.S. died May 23, 1969, Beverly Hills, Calif. U.S. song composer. McHugh became a Tin Pan Alley song plugger and began writing songs for Broadway and Cotton Club revues. His extensive… …

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  • 106Warren, Harry — orig. Salvatore Guaragna born Dec. 24, 1893, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S. died Sept. 22, 1981, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S. songwriter. The youngest of 12 children, Warren was self taught musically. He toured with brass bands and carnivals from age 15. After …

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  • 107Youmans, Vincent (Millie) — born Sept. 27, 1898, New York, N.Y., U.S. died April 5, 1946, Denver, Colo. U.S. songwriter. He started writing songs while in the navy during World War I and later worked as a song plugger in Tin Pan Alley. He collaborated with lyricists such as …

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  • 108Lockett, Tony — ▪ 2000       The remarkable goal kicking career of Australian Football League (AFL) full forward Tony “Plugger” Lockett came to an end at the conclusion of the 1999 season. When the final curtain came down, Lockett had kicked a record breaking… …

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  • 109Henderson, Fletcher — ▪ American musician in full  Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr.,  original name  James Fletcher Henderson,  byname  Smack  born Dec. 18, 1897, Cuthbert, Ga., U.S. died Dec. 29, 1952, New York, N.Y.  American musical arranger, bandleader, and… …

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  • 110Youmans, Vincent — ▪ American songwriter born Sept. 27, 1898, New York, N.Y., U.S. died April 5, 1946, Denver, Colo.       American songwriter best known for writing the scores for the musicals No, No, Nanette (1925), Hit the Deck (1927), and the first Fred… …

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