Henry Nemo
Musician, Composer
1909 – 1999
Who was Henry Nemo?
Henry Nemo was a musician, songwriter and actor in Hollywood films who had a reputation as a hipster and was sometimes referred to as the "creator of jive." He showcased some of this "jive talk" in a bit part as "The Neem" in the 1947 movie Song of the Thin Man.
Nemo's rare collection of jazz memorabilia documents 1930s music and his days at the Cotton Club, where he wrote the lyrics with Irving Mills and John Redmond for "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart", with music by Duke Ellington. In Nemo's historical collection are original photographs which he took at the Cotton Club, plus Cotton Club memorabilia and a 1939 telegram from Ellington to Nemo, written in jive talk.
He composed the song standards "Don't Take Your Love From Me" and "’Tis Autumn," both published in 1941. He also composed the incidental music and lyrics for the 1959 Broadway production of Saul Levitt's play The Andersonville Trial, directed by José Ferrer, and starring George C. Scott.
Nemo teamed with numerous music industry music celebrities, including Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Mildred Bailey and Tommy Dorsey and Artie Shaw, who recorded his song "Don't Take Your Love for Me."
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- Born
- Jun 8, 1909
New York City - Also known as
- Nemo, Henry
- The Neem
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Nov 26, 1999
Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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