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Jerome Kern was born in New York City. His parents named him Jerome because they lived near Jerome Park, a favourite place of theirs (Jerome Park was named after Leonard Jerome, who was the father of Jennie Jerome, mother of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill).
He grew up on East 56th Street in Midtown Manhattan, where he attended public schools. He studied at the New York College of Music and then in Heidelberg, Germany. When he came back to New York, he started working as a rehearsal pianist, but it didn't take long for him to become a prominent and renowned composer. By 1915, he was represented in many Broadway shows. In 19201920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 Britain announces it will build 100,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 Leagu, he wrote "Look for the Silver Lining" for the musical SallySally is a theater musical with music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Clifford Grey and book by Guy Bolton with additional lyrics by Buddy DeSylva and P. Songs "The Church 'Round the Corner" (w. Clifford Grey & P. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern) "Look for the Silver.
1925Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 See also 1925 in aviation 1925 in film 1925 in literature 1925 in mu was a major turning point in Kern's career, for he met Oscar Hammerstein IIOscar Hammerstein II ( July 12, 1895 August 23, 1960) was a writer and producer of musical comedies for almost forty years. His grandfather, Oscar Hammerstein I, was an opera impresario, and his uncle was a successful Broadway producer. While a college st, with whom he would entertain a lifelong friendship and collaboration. Their first show (written together with Otto HarbachOtto Abels Harbach ( August 18, 1873 January 24, 1963) was a lyricist and librettist of about 50 musical comedies. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and became an English teacher and then a newspaper reporter. Harbach passed away in New York City. These) was Sunny . Together, they produced next the famous Show BoatShow Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (with the notable exception of "Bill," the lyrics of which were written by P. Wodehouse). It is based on a 1926 book of the same name by Edna Ferber, and is gener in 1927Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1927 in aviation 1927 in film 1927 in literature 1927 in mu, which includes the well-known songs " Ol' Man RiverOl' Man River (music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II) is a song in the 1927 musical Show Boat that tells the story of African American hardship and struggles at the time." and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man". The musical Roberta ( 1933) gave us "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes".In 1935, Jerome Kern moved to Hollywood and started working on music for films but continued working on Broadway productions, too. His last Broadway show was the rather unsuccessful Very Warm For May in 1939; the score included another Kern–Hammerstein classic, "All The Things You Are".
Kern's Hollywood career was successful indeed. For Swing Time (starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire), he wrote "The Way You Look Tonight" (lyrics: Dorothy Fields), which won the Academy Award in 1936 for the best song. In 1941, he and Hammerstein wrote "The Last Time I Saw Paris", a homage to the French city just recently occupied by the Germans. The song was introduced in the movie Lady Be Good and won another Oscar for Best Song.
Jerome Kern died at the age of 60 in New York.