Here he worked for Hollywood and Broadway and was best known for “Someone to Care for Me” (1937), “On Green Dolphin Street” (1947), and “Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo” (1953). The song became a hit when Miles Davis recorded it in 1959.īronislau Kaper (1902 – 1983) was born in Warsaw, Poland, studied at the Warsaw Conservatory of Music, and worked as a composer and conductor in Warsaw, Berlin, Vienna, London and Paris before an offer from MGM led to his emigrating to the United States in 1935. too much for a single movie: a glorious wallow in family conflict, triangle romance, Maori uprising in old New Zealand, earthquake, tidal wave, pathos and bathos.” Audiences loved it it was the top box office draw of the year and won Academy Awards for sound and visual effects. “On Green Dolphin Street” was the main theme of the 1947 MGM movie “Green Dolphin Street,” based on the Elizabeth Gouge’s 1944 book “Green Dolphin Country.” John Douglas Eames said of the film “It had everything, i.e. Stories of Standards is sponsored by ListenUp. Tune in to Stories of Standards on weekday mornings at 7:50 and 8:50 am to hear our favorite versions of “On Green Dolphin Street” presented by Rodney Franks.
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