Rube Bloom (1902-1976)
Last updated: 02.10.25
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.
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.
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Rube Bloom | Biography by wikipedia.org. | |
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DAHR: Rube Bloom | List of 380 historic recordings from 1924 to 1947. |
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Fools Rush In (1940) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Man From the South, The (1930) | H. Woods | James Pitt-Payne |
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Maybe You'll Be There (1947) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Truckin' (1935) | James Pitt-Payne |
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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Cotton (1935) | R. Bloom | Fred McElmurry | Victor: BS-92795 |
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Day In--Day Out (1939) | R. Bloom | Helen Forrest | Victor: BS-042606 |
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Don't Worry 'bout Me (1939) | R. Bloom | Miriam Shaw | Victor: BS-033774 |
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Fools Rush In (1940) | R. Bloom | Shirley Howard | Victor: BS-048944 |
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Fools Rush In (1940) | R. Bloom | Ray Eberle | Victor: BS-048489 |
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Good-For-Nothin' Joe (1941) | R. Bloom | Lena Horne | Victor: BS-058768 |
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Got No Time (1939) | R. Bloom | T. Waller | Victor: BS-032945 |
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Love is a Merry-Go-Round (1937) | R. Bloom | Kathleen Lane | Victor: BS-010136 |
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Mighty Thankful (1934) | R. Bloom | R. Bloom | Victor: BS-Test-1081 |
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Puttin' It on For Baby (1930) | R. Bloom | Frank E. Banta | Victor: BVE-63313 |
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Truckin' (1935) | R. Bloom | Fred McElmurry | Victor: BS-92794 |
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What Goes Up Must Come Down (1939) | R. Bloom | E. Waters | Victor: BS-035357 |
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What Goes Up Must Come Down (1939) | R. Bloom | Miriam Shaw | Victor: BS-033772 |
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Thomas Waller | The Very Best of Fats Waller | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)        |
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Various Artists | Cotton Club: A Nostalgic Collection | |
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Muriel Pollock | Vol. 6 Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era | |
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Tom Brier | Generic | |
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Matthew Davidson | Whippin the Keys | |
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Lincoln Mayorga | Sophisticated Innocence | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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David A. Jasen | Rompin' Stompin' Ragtime | |
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Peter Muir | Spontaneous Ragtime | |
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Dick Hyman | Forgotten Dreams: Archives of Novelty Piano (1920's-1930's) | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Fools Rush In (1940) | R. Bloom (music) J. Mercer (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer |  |
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Man From the South (1930), The | R. Bloom (w&m) H. Woods (coauth.) T. Weems (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Maybe You'll Be There (1947) | R. Bloom (music) S. Gallop (words) Steve Conway (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Truckin' (1935) | R. Bloom (music) T. Koehler (words) Nina Mae McKinney (perf.) Miller & Mantan (perf.) C. Hopkins (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 69 works by Rube Bloom (1902-1976).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Futuristic Rag | 1923 | ||
| That Futuristic Rag | 1923 | |
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| Carolina Stomp | 1925 | Bartley Costello (words) |  |
| Soliloquy | 1926 | |
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| 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) |
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| Song of the Bayou (w&m) | 1929 | |
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| ⇑ Man From the South, The | 1930 | Harry Woods (co-author) Ted Weems (perf.) |
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| Puttin' It on For Baby | 1930 | Frank E. Banta (perf.) | |
| Aunt Jemima's Birthday | 1931 | |
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| Blues - Moods | 1931 | ||
| Gypsy | 1931 | Pub. | |
| Metropolitan | 1931 | Pub. | |
| One Finger Joe | 1931 | Pub. | |
| Primitive | 1931 | Pub. | |
| Southern Charms | 1931 | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Spring Holiday | 1931 | |
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| Got No Time | 1932 | Thomas Waller (perf.) | |
| Southern Memories | 1933 | Pub. | |
| Stately Mansion, A | 1933 | |
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| Stay on the Right Side [Of the Road] | 1933 | Ted Koehler (words) | |
| Stay on the Right Side, Sister | 1933 | Ted Koehler (words) | |
| How's About Tomorrow Night? | 1934 | Ted Koehler (words) Frazee Sisters (perf.) Ina Ray Hutton (perf.) Guy Lombardo (perf.) |
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| It Happens to the Best of Friends | 1934 | Mitchell Parish (words) | |
| Mighty Thankful | 1934 | Ted Koehler (words) Rube Bloom (perf.) |
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| On the Green | 1934 | Pub. | |
| Out in the Cold Again | 1934 | Ted Koehler (words) Glen Gray (perf.) |
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| ⇑ Penthouse Romance | 1934 | Pub. | |
| Cotton | 1935 | Ted Koehler (words) Fred McElmurry (perf.) Nina Mae McKinney (perf.) Miller & Martin (perf.) |
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| Dinah Lou | 1935 | Ted Koehler (words) | |
| Good-For-Nothin' Joe | 1935 | Ted Koehler (words) Lena Horne (perf.) |
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| I'm With the Right Girl Now | 1935 | Jack Meskill (words) | |
| Rhythm River | 1935 | Ted Koehler (words) | |
| Truckin' | 1935 | Ted Koehler (words) Claude Hopkins (perf.) Fred McElmurry (perf.) Nina Mae McKinney (perf.) Miller & Mantan (perf.) |
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| Waiting in the Garden | 1935 | Ted Koehler (words) | |
| Blackbirds of 1936 | 1936 | |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Dixie Isn't Dixie Anymore | 1936 | Johnny Mercer (words) | |
| Jo-Jo the Cannibal Kid | 1936 | Johnny Mercer (words) | |
| Lonely Mannequin | 1936 | |
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| Swing Is the Thing, The | 1936 | Johnny Mercer (words) | |
| Your Heart and Mine | 1936 | Johnny Mercer (words) | |
| Is This Gonna Be My Lucky Summer? | 1937 | Benny Davis (words) Arthur Jarrett (perf.) |
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| Love is a Merry-Go-Round | 1937 | Johnny Mercer (words) Kathleen Lane (perf.) |
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| 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.) |
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| ⇑ Don't Worry 'bout Me | 1939 | Ted Koehler (words) Miriam Shaw (perf.) |
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| Floogie Walk | 1939 | Ted Koehler (words) | |
| Ghost of Smoky Joe, The | 1939 | Ted Koehler (words) | |
| If I Were Sure of You | 1939 | Ted Koehler (words) | |
| Jitterbug Jamboree | 1939 | Ted Koehler (words) | |
| Mayor of Harlem, The | 1939 | Ted Koehler (words) | |
| What Goes Up Must Come Down | 1939 | Ted Koehler (words) Miriam Shaw (perf.) Ethel Waters (perf.) |
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| Fools Rush In | 1940 | Johnny Mercer (words) Ray Eberle (perf.) Shirley Howard (perf.) Tony Martin (perf.) |
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| Lady on a Late Evening | 1942 |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Take Me | 1942 | Mack David (words) Jimmy Dorsey (perf.) Helen O'Connell (perf.) |
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| Give Me the Simple Life | 1945 | Harry Ruby (words) June Haver (perf.) John Payne (perf.) |
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| I Wish I Could Tell You | 1945 | Harry Ruby (words) | |
| Into the Sun | 1945 | Harry Ruby (words) | |
| Fifth Avenue Bus | 1946 | ||
| Maybe You'll Be There | 1947 | Sammy Gallop (words) Steve Conway (perf.) Gordon Jenkins (perf.) Anne Shelton (perf.) |
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| Lost in a Dream | 1949 | Edgar Leslie (words) | Pub. |
| Here's to My Lady | 1951 | Johnny Mercer (words) | |
| Flock O' Blues | ? |
| Composer | Title | Performer |
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R. Bloom | Carolina Stomp (2:23) | Ragtime Dorian Henry |
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R. Bloom | How's About Tomorrow Night? (2:11) | Frazee Sisters Ina Ray Hutton |