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Harry Ruby was an American pianist, composer, songwriter and screenwriter, who collaborated with Bert Kalmar on many hit songs and musicals. He was also a friend and frequent collaborator of Groucho Marx, and wrote songs for several Marx Brothers films.
Kalmar and Ruby was a songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, who wrote songs and comedy for stage and screen in the first half of the 20th century. They collaborated with famous performers like Fred Astaire, Eddie Cantor and the Marx Brothers.
Harry Ruby was a prolific songwriter who collaborated with Bert Kalmar on many hits for Broadway and movies. He also worked as a 'song plugger' for Gus Edwards and George Gershwin, and had a brief career as a vaudeville pianist.
Feb 25, 1974 · LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24—Harry Ruby, popular‐song composer and writer of Broadway stage scores and movie scenarios, died last night in the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills.
Harry Ruby was a songwriter and pianist who collaborated with Bert Kalmar from the 1920s to 1940s. They created songs for Broadway shows and films, such as “Who’s Sorry Now?” and “A Kiss to Build a Dream On”.
Harry Ruby (January 27, 1895 – February 23, 1974) was a Jewish American composer and screenwriter, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He was married to actress Eileen Percy. Ruby was born in New York City.
Harry Ruby wrote Give Me the Simple Life, Moonlight on the Meadow, I Wanna Be Loved by You and Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You).
