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Ignacio Herbert "Nacio Herb" Brown (February 22, 1896 – September 28, 1964) was an American composer of popular songs, movie scores and Broadway theatre music in the 1920s through the early 1950s. Amongst his most enduring work is the score for the 1952 musical film Singin' in the Rain.
Nacio Herb Brown. Music Department: Singin' in the Rain. In spite of the fact, that he only had been on a conservatory for only short time, he was a very successful popular composer, who wrote with lyricist and later producer Arthur Freed not only the songs for MGM musical and non-musical films, e.g. "Broadway Melody" for the movie "The ...
Nacio Herb Brown was born in Deming, New Mexico on February 22, 1896. He attended the Musical Arts High School in Los Angeles, California and graduated with a bachelor’s degree from UCLA. After college, Brown started his own tailoring business.
Nacio Herb Brown was a popular composer who wrote songs for MGM musicals, such as "Singin' in the Rain" and "Broadway Melody". He also worked with Arthur Freed, Richard A. Whiting and Buddy G. DeSylva on Broadway and Hollywood projects.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29—Nacio Herb Brown, the composer of such songs as “Singing in the Rain,” “You Are My Lucky Star” and “Pagan Love Song,” died of cancer here yesterday after an illness of 18...
Nov 23, 2016 · Composer Nacio Herb Brown with his lyricist partner Arthur Freed were the first songwriting team hired by MGM Studios in the late 1920s, the dawn of the soun...
"Singin' in the Rain" is a song with lyrics by Arthur Freed and music by Nacio Herb Brown. Doris Eaton Travis introduced the song on Broadway in The Hollywood Music Box Revue in 1929. It was then widely popularized by Cliff Edwards and the Brox Sisters in The Hollywood Revue of 1929.
