Irving Bibo

Irving Bibo
Born(1889-08-22)August 22, 1889
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedMay 2, 1962(1962-05-02) (aged 72)
West Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationsComposer, songwriter, and publisher

Irving Bibo (August 22, 1889 – May 2, 1962) was an American composer, songwriter, and publisher.

Biography

Cover of the Mickey Mouse Book that Bibo contributed a game to

Bibo was born in San Francisco.

He began his career in New York in the mid 1910s as a Tin Pan Alley composer, writing tunes for the Ziegfeld Follies (including "Huggable, Kissable You", "Forever and a Day" and "Cherie"), the Greenwich Village Follies, and other theatrical productions. He was a staff pianist for Leo Feist (where in 1921 he gave Billy Rose his first songwriting break by contributing music for Ain't Nature Grand).

In 1933 he moved to Los Angeles and scored more than 300 motion pictures, and later in life published several fight songs.

Bibo was the first licensee of Disney merchandise. His daughter Bobette, at the age of 12, wrote the book Mickey Mouse Book, containing stories, games, and cutouts. He contributed the song Mickey Mouse (You Cute Little Feller). It was illustrated by Walt Disney Studios, and published by Bibo and Charles Lang in 1930.

Selected compositions

For schools:

References

  1. ↑ Jasen, David A. Tin Pan Alley: the Composers, the Songs, the Performers, and their Times. p. 188.
  2. ↑ Burton, Jack (December 16, 1950). "The Honor Roll of Popular Songwriters. No. 81 - Billy Rose". The Billboard: 39.
  3. ↑ "Collection Overview". Online Archive of California. UCLA, Charles E. Young Research Library. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Mickey Mouse Book. (Story and game originated by B. Bibo. Drawings by Walt Disney Studios.) | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  5. ↑ Hollywood Auction - April 2013. New Hampshire: RR Auction. 2013. p. 105.
  6. ↑ Wood, Leo, 1882-1929; Barry, Frank E.; Bibo, Irving. "Cherie: An American Fox Trot Song with a Parisian Twist". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ Jasen, David A. Tin Pan Alley: The Composers, the Songs, the Performers, and Their Times: the Golden Age of American Popular Music from 1886 to 1956. New York: D.I. Fine, 1988; ISBN 1556110995 OCLC 18135644
  8. ↑ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Irving Bibo, 72, Writer of Songs, Film Scores". The New York Times. May 3, 1962. p. 33.
  10. ↑ Moon, Krystyn R. (2005). Yellowface: Creating the Chinese in American Popular Music and Performance, 1850s-1920s. Rutgers University Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-8135-3507-4.
  11. ↑ Holloway, Diane (2001-08-01). American History in Song: Lyrics from 1900 to 1945. iUniverse. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-4697-0453-1.
  12. ↑ Hayter-Menzies, Grant (2007-05-02). Charlotte Greenwood: The Life and Career of the Comic Star of Vaudeville, Radio and Film. McFarland. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-7864-2995-0.
  13. ↑ Wood, Leo, 1882-1929; Bibo, Irving; Barry, Frank E.; Janssen, Werner, 1899-1990. "Every little miss must have a mister : fox-trot, from Oliver Morosco's musical comedy "Letty Pepper"". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ Silva, Luiz Carlo Nascimento (2000-03-30). Put Your Dreams Away: A Frank Sinatra Discography. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-313-09653-2.
  15. ↑ "'Atom' Rights to Alamo". The Billboard: 14. August 5, 1950.
  16. ↑ Ewen, David (1977). All the Years of American Popular Music. Prentice-Hall. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-13-022442-2.
  17. ↑ Glickman, J. S.; Bibo, Irving. "Sealed Hearts". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  18. ↑ Vaché, Warren W. (2000). The Unsung Songwriters: America's Masters of Melody. Scarecrow Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-8108-3570-2.
  19. ↑ "Stanford Songs and Songbooks collection". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2024-11-08.