Leo Robin

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Leo Robin
Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Composer, lyricist, songwriter

Leo Robin (April 6, 1900 – December 29, 1984)[1] was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning song "Thanks for the Memory," sung by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938, and with Jule Styne on "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," a song whose witty, Cole Porter style of lyric came to be identified with its famous interpreter Marilyn Monroe.

Biography

Robin was born in

Carnegie Tech
's drama school. He later worked as a reporter and as a publicist.

Robin's first hits came in 1926 with the

Oscar-winning song "Thanks for the Memory," sung by Bob Hope in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938,[2] which was to become Hope's signature tune.[3] Robin and Styne wrote the 1949 score for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, including "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend",[2] a signature song for Carol Channing
and later Marilyn Monroe.

Robin collaborated on the score for the 1955 musical film

movie industry. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1972. Robin wrote many popular songs, mostly for film and television, including "Louise," "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (both songs co-written by Richard A. Whiting), "Prisoner of Love" and "Blue Hawaii".[2]

Death

Robin died of

Woodland Hills, California at the age of 84,[1] and was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California
.

Work on Broadway

Posthumous credits or shows in which pre-written songs by Leo Robin were featured include:

  • Maurice Chevalier in an evening of Songs and Impressions (1955), concert
  • The American Dance Machine (1978), dance special
  • A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (1980), revue - lyricist for "Louise", "Beyond the Blue Horizon", "Double Trouble", and "Thanks for the Memory"
  • Big Deal (1986), musical - lyricist for "
    Love Is Just around the Corner
    "
  • revival
    )
  • Fosse (1999), revue - lyricist for "Got No Room for Mr. Gloom"

References

  1. ^ a b c "Leo Robin | Songwriters Hall of Fame". Songhall.org. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-85112-939-0
    .
  3. ^ "Leo Robin", Michael Feinstein's Great American Songbook.

External links

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