Rube Bloom (1902-1976)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Reuben Bloom was a multi-talented Jewish-American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and author who was born and died in New York City.
He wrote many novelty piano solos still played today and formed and led a number of bands.
Of ragtime interest is That Futuristic Rag (1923) published by Jack Mills Inc., New York, USA.
Surfers are welcome to contribute information about this composer.

Websites:
	Rube Bloom	Biography by wikipedia.org.
	DAHR: Rube Bloom	List of 380 historic recordings from 1924 to 1947.

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


Fools Rush In (1940)		James Pitt-Payne
Man From the South, The (1930)	H. Woods	James Pitt-Payne
Maybe You'll Be There (1947)		James Pitt-Payne
Truckin' (1935)		James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Cotton (1935)	R. Bloom	Fred McElmurry	Victor: BS-92795
Day In--Day Out (1939)	R. Bloom	Helen Forrest	Victor: BS-042606
Don't Worry 'bout Me (1939)	R. Bloom	Miriam Shaw	Victor: BS-033774
Fools Rush In (1940)	R. Bloom	Shirley Howard	Victor: BS-048944
Fools Rush In (1940)	R. Bloom	Ray Eberle	Victor: BS-048489
Good-For-Nothin' Joe (1941)	R. Bloom	Lena Horne	Victor: BS-058768
Got No Time (1939)	R. Bloom	T. Waller	Victor: BS-032945
Mighty Thankful (1934)	R. Bloom	R. Bloom	Victor: BS-Test-1081
Puttin' It on For Baby (1930)	R. Bloom	Frank E. Banta	Victor: BVE-63313
Truckin' (1935)	R. Bloom	Fred McElmurry	Victor: BS-92794
What Goes Up Must Come Down (1939)	R. Bloom	E. Waters	Victor: BS-035357
What Goes Up Must Come Down (1939)	R. Bloom	Miriam Shaw	Victor: BS-033772

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Jazz Music CDs:
Thomas Waller	The Very Best of Fats Waller	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	Cotton Club: A Nostalgic Collection
Muriel Pollock	Vol. 6 Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era
Tom Brier	Generic
Matthew Davidson	Whippin the Keys
Lincoln Mayorga	Sophisticated Innocence	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
David A. Jasen	Rompin' Stompin' Ragtime
Peter Muir	Spontaneous Ragtime
Dick Hyman	Forgotten Dreams: Archives of Novelty Piano (1920's-1930's)	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Fools Rush In (1940)	R. Bloom (music) J. Mercer (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Man From the South (1930), The	R. Bloom (w&m) H. Woods (coauth.) T. Weems (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Maybe You'll Be There (1947)	R. Bloom (music) S. Gallop (words) Steve Conway (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Truckin' (1935)	R. Bloom (music) T. Koehler (words) Nina Mae McKinney (perf.) Miller & Mantan (perf.) C. Hopkins (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 54 works by Rube Bloom (1902-1976). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1923-1931

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Futuristic Rag	1923
That Futuristic Rag	1923
Carolina Stomp	1925	Bartley Costello (words)
Soliloquy	1926
Spring Fever	1926		Pub.
Sapphire	1927		Pub.
Silhouette	1927		Pub.
Fleur De Lis	1928	Bud Green (words)
Serenata	1928		Pub.
Jumping Jack	1929	Bernie Seaman (words) Marvin Smolev (words)
Song of the Bayou (w&m)	1929
⇑ Man From the South, The	1930	Harry Woods (co-author) Ted Weems (perf.)
Puttin' It on For Baby	1930	Frank E. Banta (perf.)
Aunt Jemima's Birthday	1931
Blues - Moods	1931
Gypsy	1931		Pub.

1931-1935

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Metropolitan	1931
One Finger Joe	1931		Pub.
Primitive	1931		Pub.
Southern Charms	1931		Pub.
Spring Holiday	1931		Pub.
Got No Time	1932	Thomas Waller (perf.)
Southern Memories	1933		Pub.
Stately Mansion, A	1933
Stay on the Right Side [Of the Road]	1933	Ted Koehler (words)
How's About Tomorrow Night?	1934	Ted Koehler (words) Frazee Sisters (perf.) Ina Ray Hutton (perf.) Guy Lombardo (perf.)
It Happens to the Best of Friends	1934	Mitchell Parish (words)
⇑ Mighty Thankful	1934	Ted Koehler (words) Rube Bloom (perf.)
On the Green	1934		Pub.
Out in the Cold Again	1934	Ted Koehler (words) Glen Gray (perf.)
Penthouse Romance	1934		Pub.
Cotton	1935	Ted Koehler (words) Fred McElmurry (perf.) Nina Mae McKinney (perf.) Miller & Martin (perf.)	Pub.

1935-1942

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


I'm With the Right Girl Now	1935	Jack Meskill (words)
Truckin'	1935	Ted Koehler (words) Claude Hopkins (perf.) Fred McElmurry (perf.) Nina Mae McKinney (perf.) Miller & Mantan (perf.)
Blackbirds of 1936	1936
Lonely Mannequin	1936
Is This Gonna Be My Lucky Summer?	1937	Benny Davis (words) Arthur Jarrett (perf.)	Pub.
Love Ls a Merry-Go-Round	1937	Johnny Mercer (words)
Tale of the Samovar	1937		Pub.
Feelin' High and Happy	1938	Ted Koehler (words)
I Can't Face the Music	1938	Ted Koehler (words)
Day In--Day Out	1939	Johnny Mercer (words) Bob Cats (perf.) Bob Crosby (perf.) Helen Forrest (perf.) Helen Ward (perf.)
Don't Worry 'bout Me	1939	Ted Koehler (words) Miriam Shaw (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ If I Were Sure of You	1939	Ted Koehler (words)
What Goes Up Must Come Down	1939	Ted Koehler (words) Miriam Shaw (perf.) Ethel Waters (perf.)
Fools Rush In	1940	Johnny Mercer (words) Ray Eberle (perf.) Shirley Howard (perf.) Tony Martin (perf.)	Pub.
Good-For-Nothin' Joe	1940	Ted Koehler (words) Lena Horne (perf.)
Lady on a Late Evening	1942

1942-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Take Me	1942	Mack David (words) Jimmy Dorsey (perf.) Helen O'Connell (perf.)
Give Me the Simple Life	1945	Harry Ruby (words) June Haver (perf.) John Payne (perf.)
Fifth Avenue Bus	1946
Maybe You'll Be There	1947	Sammy Gallop (words) Steve Conway (perf.) Gordon Jenkins (perf.) Anne Shelton (perf.)
Lost in a Dream	1949	Edgar Leslie (words)	Pub.
Flock O' Blues	?

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	R. Bloom	Carolina Stomp (2:23)	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	R. Bloom	How's About Tomorrow Night? (2:11)	Frazee Sisters Ina Ray Hutton