Raymond Hubbell(1879-1954)
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("Poor Butterfly"), composer and conductor, one of the nine
founders of the American Society of Composers and Publishers (ASCAP) in
1914 and its director from then into 1941, and he was also its
treasurer between 1917 and 1928. He was educated in public schools and
in music study in Chicago, thereafter leading his own dance orchestra,
and he also worked as a staff composer for a Chicago publishing
company. His Broadway stage scores include "The Runaways", "Fantana",
"Mexicana", "A Knight For a Day", "The Midnight Sons", "The Jolly
Bachelors", "The Never Homes", "The Ziegfeld Follies" (1911, 1912,
1913, 1914), "A Winsome Widow", "Hip Hip Hooray", "The Big Show",
"Cheer Up", "The Kiss Burglar", "Happy Days", "Good Times", "Better
Times", "Yours Truly", and "Three Cheers". His chief musical
collaborators included Robert B. Smith, Glen MacDonough, Harry B.
Smith, E. Ray Goetz, George V. Hobart, John Golden, and Anne Caldwell.
His other popular-song compositions include "Look at the World and
Smile", "Melodyland", "The Ladder of Roses", "Hello, I've Been Looking
for You", "Jealous Moon", "Chu Chin Chow", "Melodyland", "Yours Truly",
"What Am I Going to Do to Make You Love Me?", "Little Girl in Blue",
"Just My Style", and "Life Is a See-Saw" plus others.
