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- Henri_René abstract "Henri René (born Harold M. Kirchstein; December 29, 1906 – April 25, 1993), was an American musician who had an international career in the recording industry as a producer, composer, conductor and arranger. Born in New York City of a German father and a French mother, young Harold traveled to Germany with his family where he studied at the Royal Berlin Academy of Music. Returning to the U.S. in the mid-1920s, he began appearing with several orchestras. Some time after these experiences, he returned once more to Berlin, working as a composer in the German film industry, and as an arranger with a German record label.While touring Europe with his band some years before the war, he was appointed musical director of the two largest moving picture firms in Europe, Tobis and UFA. In 1936, René came back to the U.S. and became musical director and chief arranger for RCA Victor in Germany, forming his own orchestra in 1941. As instrumentalist, Rene played the piano, saxophone, and Musette accordion.He was responsible for the original \"Beer Barrel Polka\" disk, which played an important role in the development of the music machine to its present status as a powerful entertainment medium. Shortly after returning to the USA, he began recording regularly for Standard and has since become its No. 1 artist, his disks selling in quantitites comparable to those of the largest commercial dance bands. Among his most successful records have been \"Cuckoo Waltz,\" \"Waltzing on the Kalamazoo,\" \"Tap the Barrel Dry,\" \"Pete, the Pickelman\" and \"Tommy's Mustache.\" After service with the Allies in World War II, he resumed working for RCA Victor as a conductor and arranger.In the middle of the 1950s, he issued several successful LPs which Allmusic has called \"forerunners of the space-age pop aesthetic\"; among the albums were Music for Bachelors, Music for the Weaker Sex, Compulsion to Swing and Riot in Rhythm. Rene composed music themes and scores for several popular television series. After this René worked in production for RCA Victor, with Harry Belafonte (on the 1956 LP Calypso) and Eartha Kitt among others. In 1959 he left RCA to work freelance for the rest of his active career.".
- Henri_René alias "Kirchstein, Harold M.".
- Henri_René background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Henri_René birthDate "1906-12-29".
- Henri_René birthPlace New_York.
- Henri_René birthPlace New_York_City.
- Henri_René birthPlace United_States.
- Henri_René birthYear "1906".
- Henri_René deathDate "1993-04-25".
- Henri_René deathPlace Houston.
- Henri_René deathPlace Texas.
- Henri_René deathYear "1993".
- Henri_René genre Classical_music.
- Henri_René genre Jazz.
- Henri_René genre Opera.
- Henri_René genre Pop_rock.
- Henri_René genre Traditional_pop_music.
- Henri_René instrument Accordion.
- Henri_René instrument Saxophone.
- Henri_René recordLabel Imperial_Records.
- Henri_René recordLabel RCA_Records.
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- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Accordion.
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- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Berlin_University_of_the_Arts.
- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Calypso_(album).
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- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Category:20th-century_American_businesspeople.
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- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_people_of_French_descent.
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- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_record_producers.
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- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Classical_music.
- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Eartha_Kitt.
- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Freelancer.
- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Harry_Belafonte.
- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame.
- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Houston.
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- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Saxophone.
- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Sound_recording_and_reproduction.
- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Texas.
- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Tobis_Film.
- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Togger_(film).
- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink Traditional_pop_music.
- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLinkText "Henri René".
- Henri_René wikiPageWikiLinkText "Rene Henri".
- Henri_René alternativeNames "Kirchstein, Harold M.".
- Henri_René background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Henri_René birthDate "1906-12-29".
- Henri_René birthName "Harold Manfred Kirchstein".
- Henri_René birthPlace New_York.
- Henri_René birthPlace New_York_City.
- Henri_René birthPlace United_States.
- Henri_René caption "Henri René c. 1943".
- Henri_René dateOfBirth "1906-12-29".
- Henri_René dateOfDeath "1993-04-25".
- Henri_René deathDate "1993-04-25".
- Henri_René deathPlace Houston.
- Henri_René deathPlace Texas.
- Henri_René genre Classical_music.
- Henri_René genre Jazz.
- Henri_René genre Opera.
- Henri_René genre Pop_rock.
- Henri_René genre Traditional_pop_music.
- Henri_René instrument Accordion.
- Henri_René instrument Piano.
- Henri_René instrument Saxophone.
- Henri_René label Imperial_Records.
- Henri_René label RCA_Records.
- Henri_René name "Henri René".
- Henri_René name "Rene, Henri".
- Henri_René occupation "Musician: Conductor, Composer, Arranger, Recording Artist, Record Producer".
- Henri_René placeOfBirth "New York, NY".
- Henri_René placeOfDeath "Houston, TX".