- Born
- Died
- Allie Wrubel was born on January 15, 1905 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. He is known for Song of the South (1946), Blood Simple (1984) and The Wedding Planner (2001). He died on December 13, 1973 in Twentynine Palms, California, USA.
- Charter member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Inducted in 1970.
- Prolific American composer/songwriter. Early on played clarinet and saxophone in Paul Whiteman's Orchestra. His extensive song catalogue includes "The Lady In Red", "Music, Maestro, Please", "I'm Stepping Out With a Memory Tonight", "My Own America", "Zip-a-Dee Doo-Dah" (Academy Award, 1947), "Flirtation Walk" and "Gone With the Wind". He was a graduate of Wesleyan University and Columbia University. Member of ASCAP from 1933, the following year signed as a contract song writer by Warner Brothers. With Disney from 1947.
- Close friend of James Cagney.
- His family founded the Wrubels department store in Middletown, Connecticut.
- After earning his bachelor's degree in 1926, Allie enrolled in graduate music studies at Columbia University. He roomed with his close friend, film actor James Cagney -a former Columbia undergrad -, and began playing with bands in Greenwich Village and making the rounds on Tin Pan Alley.
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