Paul Ash

{{short description|German-American orchestra leader and composer (1891–1958)}}

{{For|the science fiction writer who wrote under the name "Paul Ash"|Pauline Ashwell}}

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Paul Robert Ash (February 11, 1891, German Empire — July 13, 1958, Manhattan, New York){{cite book|author=William F. Lee|author-link=William Franklin Lee III|title=American big bands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=un9rWzvn8lgC&pg=PA59|accessdate=July 29, 2011|year=2005|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-634-08054-8|page=59}} was a German orchestra leader, composer, vaudeville personality, and recording artist, who emigrated to the United States.

He recorded several hit songs: "Rememb'ring" (Brunswick, 1924), with his Granada Orchestra, "My Pet" (Columbia, 1928) and "Shadows on the Swanee" (Columbia, 1933). He also penned Kay Kyser's theme "Thinking of You."

In 1928 he performed a three week engagement in New York City at the Paramount Theatre with a young Ginger Rogers as her career was beginning.

He was born in the German Empire but, at the age of one, moved to America.The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, Third edition, New York: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, 1966 {{OCLC|598257}}ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, Fourth edition, compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers by Jaques Cattell Press, New York: R.R. Bowker, 1980 {{OCLC|7065938}}The Big Bands, Revised edition, by George Thomas Simon, New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Collier Books, 1974 {{OCLC|1236726}}The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900–1950, bio in Vol. 2 of 3 Vols., by Roger D. Kinkle, New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House Publishers, 1974 {{OCLC|897890}}Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines, Volume 4: September 1955 — August 1958, New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1960'Ginger: My Story 'by Ginger Rogers, New York, New York: HarperCollins, 1991