Allie Wrubel

Saxophonist and songwriter, born 15 January 1905 in Middletown, Connecticut, died 13 December 1973 in Twentynine Palms, California. Wrubel worked as a saxophonist, bandleader and theatre manager before joining the [i]Warner Bros.[/i] film studios as a songwriter in 1934. While at Warner, he (co-)wrote many hits like [i]Gone With The Wind[/i] (1937), [i]Music, Maestro, Please[/i] (1938) and [i]I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over[/i] (1939). He signed with [i]Walt Disney[/i] film studios in 1946 where he would be active as a songwriter until the 1960s. His biggest success from this period is probably 1948's [i]Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah[/i]. Wrubel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.