Ralph Freed
{{Short description|Canadian-American television producer and lyricist (1907–1973)}}
File:Ralph Freed at Piano MGM.jpg
Ralph Freed (1 May 1907, Vancouver - February 13, 1973) was a Canadian born American lyricist and television producer.{{cite book|author=Ken Bloom|title=American Song: Songwriters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DWARAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=20 January 2013|date=June 2001|publisher=Schirmer Books|page=366|isbn=9780028654782 }}
Early life
Born May 1, 1907 to Max Freed and Rosie (Rosza) Grossman who met in Charleston, SC. Ralph married Grace H. Berchman aka Grace Saxon (Saxon Sisters) and had two children.
Freed was the brother of Victor (b 1896), Hugo (b 1897), Sidney (b 1900), Walter (b 1903), Ruth (b 1906), and Clarence (b 1911), and Arthur Freed (b 1894).{{cite book|author=Thomas S. Hischak|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XbBz3C4Gr0EC&pg=PA264|title=The Oxford Companion to the American Musical:Theatre, Film, and Television: Theatre, Film, and Television|date=2 June 2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-533533-0|pages=264–|accessdate=20 January 2013}}
Career
Writer and Lyricist, under contract with MGM, Universal, and Paramount during the "Golden Age."
Freed's collaborators included Sammy Fain and Harry Barris. With Burton Lane, Freed wrote "How About You?" for the Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney musical Babes on Broadway. The song received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song at the 15th Academy Awards.{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10|accessdate=20 January 2013|date=18 January 1997|pages=10–|issn=0006-2510}}
Notable songs
- "How About You?"
- "Little Dutch Mill"
- "Who Walks in When I Walk Out?"
- "Mama Don't Allow It"
- "You Leave Me Breathless"
- "Just the Way You Are"
- "Hawaiian War Chant"
- "Adios Amigo"
- "I Thought of You Last Night"1952 hit for Jeri Southern
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Category:Businesspeople from Vancouver
Category:Jewish American songwriters
Category:American television producers