- Real name
- Elias Paul Wrubel
- Born
- January 15, 1905
- Died
- December 13, 1973
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00033258008 25 works
- Affiliation
- ASCAP
- Comments
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Composer and songwriter. He played saxophone and clarinet for a variety of famous swing bands. In 1934 he moved to Hollywood to work for Warner Bros. as a contract songwriter. He contributed material to a large number of movies including those of the famous Busby Berkeley before moving to Disney in 1947. Wrubel collaborated with lyricist Ray Gilbert on the song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from the film Song of the South which won the Oscar for Best Song in 1947.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970
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