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Allie Wrubel (* January 15, 1905 in Middletown, Connecticut; † January 13, 1973 in Twentynine Palms, California) was an American saxophonist, songwriter and composer.
Allie Wrubel studied at Wesleyan University and Columbia University and then worked in dance orchestras. He was a member of Paul Whiteman's orchestra for a year. In 1924, he began composing songs and writing lyrics for them. In 1931, he wrote ''I've Got a Communistic Feeling for You'', in 1933 the song ''Rasputin'' (''That Highfalutin Lovin' Man''). In 1934, he went to Hollywood to work for the film company Warner Bros. There he created a series of film scores until he moved to Walt Disney in 1947.
Allie Wrubel worked a lot in Hollywood with the songwriter Mort Dixon; they wrote ''Try to See It My Way (Baby)'' for the film ''Dames'' (1934). The following year he wrote the hit ''The Lady in Red'' for the film ''Caliente''. In 1937, he had great success with Herb Magidson with the song ''Gone with the Wind'', inspired by Margaret Mitchell's novel, which became a jazz standard and was interpreted by many singers and musicians. Magidson went on to write another classic, ''(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over'', which was later interpreted by Sarah Vaughan. Wrubel's last hit was written in collaboration with Ray Gilbert, ''Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah'' for the movie ''Uncle Remus' Wonderland'' (Song of the South), which won the Oscar for Best Song in 1948.
Wrubel also wrote songs for the films ''Make Mine Music'', ''Duel in the Sun'', ''I Walk Alone'', ''Musi, Tanz und Rhythmus'' (Melody Time), ''Tulsa'', ''Never Steal Anything Small'' and ''Mitternachtsspitzen'' (Midnight Lace). Over the course of his career, he has worked with songwriters Abner Silver, Charles Newman, and Ned Washington.
Allie Wrubel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Note: Translated from a German version of Wikipedia into English.
