Sid Kuller
Sid Kuller (27 October 1910 New York City, New York – 16 September 1993 in Sherman Oaks, California) was an American comedy writer, producer and lyricist/composer, who concentrated on special musical material, gags and sketches for leading comics. He collaborated with Ray Golden and Hal Fimberg on the screenplay of the Marx Brothers' vehicle The Big Store, for which he also supplied the lyrics to the musical climax, "The Tenement Symphony". Earlier in their careers, Kuller and Golden wrote comedy songs and special material for the Ritz Brothers. Although he wrote prodigiously and with facility throughout his life, Kuller admitted, "The creation of comedy is a painful experience". |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 27, 1910 (New York City), Died September 16, 1993 (Sherman Oaks)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1941 - 1948
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | PBS-061340 | 10-in. | 7/2/1941 | Jump for joy | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-061686 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Bli-blip | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-066134 | 10-in. | 6/24/1941 | Tenement symphony | Bluebird Orchestra ; Larry Clinton ; Peggy Mann ; Butch Stone | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-067760 | 10-in. | 9/8/1941 | Nothin' | Harriet Clark ; Sonny Dunham Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | lyricist | |
Gramophone | 0EA13158 | 10-in. | before 8/27/1948 | Tenement symphony | Tony Martin ; Woolf Phillips ; Skyrockets Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Gramophone | 0EA13159 | 10-in. | before 8/27/1948 | Tenement symphony | Tony Martin ; Woolf Phillips ; Skyrockets Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kuller, Sid," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108993.
Kuller, Sid. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108993.
"Kuller, Sid." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Kuller, Sid, 1910-1993 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no90010577
Wikidata: Sid Kuller - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q524637
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/66672716
MusicBrainz: Sid Kuller - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0c4e5ecb-fce3-470b-be39-e4abc7cbff27
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