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- Abner_Silver abstract "Abner Silver was an American songwriter who worked primarily during the Tin Pan Alley era of the craft. He was born on December 28, 1899, in New York.Usually composing the music while others handled the lyrics, Silver wrote for half a century, starting with World War I–era songs such as 1918's \"You Can't Blame the Girlies (They All Want to Marry a Soldier),\" and continuing through the decades with such classics as 1921's \"I'm Going South\", 1925's \"Chasing Shadows\" and 1940's \"How Did He Look?\" Silver frequently teamed with lyricists Benny Davis, Al Sherman and Al Lewis. Between 1931 and 1934, during the last days of Vaudeville, Silver and several of his fellow hitmakers formed a sensational revue called \"Songwriters on Parade\", performing all across the Eastern seaboard on the Loew's and Keith circuits. Silver's songs were covered by virtually every major vocalist of the day, among them Al Jolson, Ruth Etting, Eddie Cantor, Rudy Vallee, Helen Kane, Kate Smith, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Mel Tormé, Eddie Fischer, Peggy Lee and Julie London. In a later era his songs were sung by Elvis Presley, Frankie Lymon, Etta Jones, Johnny Mathis, Brenda Lee and Shirley Bassey. Numerous performers covered what became a country standard, \"My Window Is Facing South,\" including Willie Nelson, Vassar Clements, Commander Cody and Lyle Lovett. Among band leaders who performed tunes composed by Silver were Django Rheinhardt, Louis Prima, Lionel Hampton and Les McCann. In the late 1950s he penned several numbers for Elvis Presley to perform in his movies, including the songs \"Young and Beautiful,\" \"What's She Really Like?\" and \"Lover Doll.\" Sung by Tom Jones, Silver's \"With These Hands\" (with lyrics by Benny Davis) was featured in the movie Edward Scissorhands, starring Johnny Depp. His early song \"He's So Unusual\" was covered by Cyndi Lauper on her breakout album, the similarly titled She's So Unusual. Silver died on November 24, 1966, in New York.".
- Abner_Silver associatedBand Al_Lewis_(lyricist).
- Abner_Silver associatedBand Al_Sherman.
- Abner_Silver associatedBand Benny_Davis.
- Abner_Silver associatedMusicalArtist Al_Lewis_(lyricist).
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- Abner_Silver birthDate "1899-12-28".
- Abner_Silver birthYear "1899".
- Abner_Silver deathDate "1966-11-24".
- Abner_Silver deathPlace New_York_City.
- Abner_Silver deathPlace United_States.
- Abner_Silver deathYear "1966".
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- Abner_Silver occupation Composer.
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- Abner_Silver wikiPageWikiLinkText "Abner Silver".
- Abner_Silver associatedActs Al_Lewis_(lyricist).
- Abner_Silver associatedActs Al_Sherman.
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- Abner_Silver birthDate "1899-12-28".
- Abner_Silver birthName "Abner Silberman".
- Abner_Silver dateOfBirth "1899-12-28".
- Abner_Silver dateOfDeath "1966-11-24".
- Abner_Silver deathDate "1966-11-24".
- Abner_Silver deathPlace New_York_City.
- Abner_Silver deathPlace United_States.
- Abner_Silver name "Abner Silver".
- Abner_Silver name "Silver, Abner".
- Abner_Silver occupation Composer.
- Abner_Silver origin "New York City, United States".
- Abner_Silver placeOfDeath New_York_City.
- Abner_Silver placeOfDeath United_States.
- Abner_Silver shortDescription "American songwriter".
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- Abner_Silver description "American songwriter".
- Abner_Silver description "American songwriter".
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- Abner_Silver subject Category:1966_deaths.
- Abner_Silver subject Category:American_Jews.
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- Abner_Silver subject Category:Betty_Boop.
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- Abner_Silver hypernym Songwriter.
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