The Japanese Sandman
Originally by Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra REL, Olive Kline REC
Released on The Japanese Sandman (1941)
- Aliases
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Alec Wilder Octet
- Real name
- Alexander Lafayette Chew Wilder
- Born
- February 16, 1907
- Died
- December 24, 1980
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00032921110 44 works
00294903045 8 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
- Best known as a composer of popular music, he also composed classical music and was a musician. Wilder was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983. He wrote the still standard reference, "American Popular Song: The Great Innovators 1900-1950" (1973).
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