Biography
Harry Warren (24 December 1893 – 22 September 1981) was an American composer and lyricist. He wrote the music for the 1933 Warner Bros. film 42nd Street, with lyrics by Al Dubin and choreography by Busby Berkeley, with whom he collaborated on many musical films.
Warren was the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He received eleven Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song and won three: for "Lullaby of Broadway" (with Dubin), "You'll Never Know" (with Mack Gordon) and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (with Johnny Mercer). Over a career spanning several decades he wrote more than 800 songs, many featured in films including Gold Diggers of 1933, Footlight Parade, An Affair to Remember and Separate Tables.
