Ralph Rainger  (1901-1942)
Last updated: 29.11.25
All that can presently (February 2016) be gleaned about by internet searching is that Ralph Rainger is the one-off composer of Pianogram (1929) published by Robbins Music Corporation, New York, USA.
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Websites:
url15.gif Ralph Rainger Biography by wikipedia.org.  
url15.gif  DAHR: Ralph Rainger List of 213 historic recordings from 1925 to 1945.
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Central Two-Two-Oh-Oh (1941) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Hello Ma! I Done It Again (1940) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Here You Are (1942) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Hi-Ya Love (1941) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif I've Got You All to Myself (1941) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif In a One-Room Flat (1933) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif It Happened, It's Over, Let's Forget It (1941) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Moanin' Low (1929) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Please (1932) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif She's a Good Neighbor (1941) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Take It From There (1942) James Pitt-Payne
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
recordmp3.gif Blue Hawaii (1937) R. Rainger Dolly Dawn Victor: BS-06127
recordmp3.gif Bluebirds in the Moonlight (1939) R. Rainger Marion Hutton Victor: BS-042924
recordmp3.gif I Have Eyes (1938) R. Rainger Helen Forrest
Tony Pastor		 Victor: BS-027234
recordmp3.gif I'll Take an Option on You (1939) R. Rainger Dorothy Lamour Victor: PBS-036377
recordmp3.gif Just A-Whistlin' and A-Whittlin' (1940) R. Rainger Dinah Shore Victor: BS-048470
recordmp3.gif Long Ago and Far Away (1936) R. Rainger C. Barnet Victor: BS-101647
recordmp3.gif Love With a Capital ''You'' (1939) R. Rainger Kay Starr Victor: BS-038141
recordmp3.gif Loveliness and Love (1941) R. Rainger Peggy Mann Victor: BS-065257
recordmp3.gif Moanin' Low (1929) R. Rainger Annette Hanshaw OKeh: W402887
recordmp3.gif Why Dream? (1935) R. Rainger Al Bowlly Victor: BS-92747
recordmp3.gif You Started Something (1941) R. Rainger Peggy Mann Victor: BS-065255
recordmp3.gif You're a Sweet Little Headache (1938) R. Rainger Helen Forrest
Tony Pastor		 Victor: BS-027233
recordmp3.gif You're a Sweet Little Headache (1938) R. Rainger Miriam Shaw Victor: BS-027433
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Central Two-Two-Oh-Oh (1941) R. Rainger (music)
L. Robin (words)
George Murphy (perf.)
Jack Oakie (perf.)
Linda Darnell (perf.)
Milton Berle (perf.)
Walter Brennan (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Hello Ma! I Done It Again (1940) R. Rainger (music)
L. Robin (words)
Cesar Romero (perf.)
Virginia Gilmore (perf.)
Milton Berle (perf.)
Charlotte Greenwood (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer Pub.
pdf15.gif Here You Are (1942) R. Rainger (music)
L. Robin (words)
Rita Hayworth (perf.)
Victor Mature (perf.)
Carol Landis (perf.)
John Sutton (perf.)
James Gleason (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer Pub.
pdf15.gif Hi-Ya Love (1941) R. Rainger (music)
L. Robin (words)
Tyrone Power (perf.)
Betty Grable (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer Pub.
pdf15.gif I've Got You All to Myself (1941) R. Rainger (music)
L. Robin (words)
Don Ameche (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer Pub.
pdf15.gif In a One-Room Flat (1933) R. Rainger (music)
Leon Robin (words)
Maurice Chevalier (perf.)
A. Dvorak (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif It Happened, It's Over, Let's Forget It (1941) R. Rainger (music)
L. Robin (words)
Carole Landis (perf.)
George Montgomery (perf.)
John Shepherd (perf.)
William Tracy (perf.)
Janis Carter (perf.)
William Lowery (perf.)
Basil Walker (perf.)
Charles Tannen (perf.)
Chick Chandler (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer Pub.
pdf15.gif  ⇑Moanin' Low (1929) R. Rainger (music)
H. Dietz (words)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Please (1932) R. Rainger (music)
L. Robin (words)
Arthur Tracy (perf.)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
Boswell Sisters (perf.)
Burns & Allen (perf.)
C. Calloway (perf.)
Kate Smith (perf.)
Leila Hyams (perf.)
Mills Brothers (perf.)
Stuart Erwin (perf.)
V. de Lopez (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer Pub.
pdf15.gif She's a Good Neighbor (1941) R. Rainger (music)
L. Robin (words)
Carole Landis (perf.)
George Montgomery (perf.)
John Shepperd (perf.)
William Tracy (perf.)
Janis Carter (perf.)
Robert Lowery (perf.)
Basil Walker (perf.)
Charles Tannen (perf.)
Chick Chandler (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer Pub.
pdf15.gif Take It From There (1942) R. Rainger (music)
L. Robin (words)
Betty Grable (perf.)
George Montgomery (perf.)
Cesar Romero (perf.)
Charles Winninger (perf.)
Phil Silvers (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 133 works by Ralph Rainger (1901-1942). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
I'm on the Verge of a Merger 1929 Eddie Cantor (perf.)
I've Gone Off the Deep End 1929 Leo Robin (words)
Moanin' Low 1929 Howard Dietz (words)
Annette Hanshaw (perf.)
Vaughn de Leath (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif pdf15.gif  recordmp3.gif
Pianogram 1929  wvicon.gif
Tick Tack Toe 1929  Pub.
We're on the Verge of a Merger 1929 Eddie Cantor (words)
Eddie Cantor (perf.) 		 Pub.
Seems to Me (w&m) 1930 Dick Howard (co-author)
Frank Morgan (perf.)
Ginger Rogers (perf.)
Charles Ruggles (perf.)
Stanley Smith (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
This Must Be Illegal 1930 W. Franke Harling (co-author)
George Jr. Marion (words)
When a Woman Loves a Man 1930 Billy Rose (words)
Fanny Brice (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Here Lies Love 1932 Leo Robin (words)
I'm in Love With a Tune (w&m) 1932
⇑ Please 1932 Leo Robin (words)
Boswell Sisters (perf.)
Burns & Allen (perf.)
Cab Calloway (perf.)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
Stuart Erwin (perf.)
Leila Hyams (perf.)
Vincent de Lopez (perf.)
Mills Brothers (perf.)
Kate Smith (perf.)
Arthur Tracy (perf.) 		 Pub. pdf15.gif 
This Is the Night 1932 Sam Coslow (words)
Cradle Song 1933 Leo Robin (words)
Don't Be a Cry Baby 1933 Leo Robin (words)
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love 1933 Leo Robin (words)
Claudette Colbert (perf.) 		 Pub.
Guy What Takes His Time, A (w&m) 1933
Home Made Hevan 1933 Leo Robin (words)
I'll Take an Option on You 1933 Leo Robin (words)
Dorothy Lamour (perf.) 		 Pub.  recordmp3.gif
I'm a Lover of Paree 1933 Leo Robin (words)
Maurice Chevalier (perf.) 		 Pub.
In a One-Room Flat 1933 Leon Robin (words)
Maurice Chevalier (perf.)
Ann Dvorak (perf.) 		 Pub. pdf15.gif 
In the Park in Paree 1933 Leo Robin (words)
Maurice Chevalier (perf.) 		 Pub.
It's a Long Dark Night 1933 Leo Robin (words)
⇑ It's Oh, It's Ah! 1933 Leon Robin (words)
Look What I've Got 1933 Leo Robin (words)
Maurice Chevalier (perf.) 		 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Monsieur Baby 1933 Leo Robin (words)
My Blue Bird's Singing the Blues 1933 Leo Robin (words)
Thank Heaven For You 1933 Leo Robin (words)
Torch Singer 1933 Leo Robin (words)
Do I Love You? 1934 Leon Robin (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Down Home (w&m) 1934 Leon Robin (co-author)
Dorothy Dell (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Here Is My Heart 1934 Leo Robin (words)
I'm a Black Sheep Who's Blue (w&m) 1934 Leo Robin (co-author)  Pub.
June in January (w&m) 1934 Leo Robin (co-author)
Kitty Carlisle (perf.)
Bing Crosby (perf.) 		 Pub.
Laugh You Son of a Gun (w&m) 1934 Leo Robin (co-author)  Pub.
Love Divided by Two 1934 Leo Robin (words)
⇑ Love in Bloom (w&m) 1934 Leo Robin (co-author)
Bing Crosby (perf.) 		 Pub.
Pancho 1934 Leo Robins (words)
Raftero 1934
She's a Good Dame (w&m) 1934 Leo Robin (co-author)
Take a Lesson From the Lark (w&m) 1934 Leo Robin (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.) 		 Pub.
This Night (w&m) 1934 Leo Robin (co-author)
With Every Breath I Take 1934 Leo Robin (words)
Double Trouble 1935 Richard A. Whiting (words)
Leo Robin (words)
Got a Gal in Californ - I - A 1935 Leon Robin (co-author)
I Wished on the Moon (w&m) 1935 Dorothy Parker (co-author)
Bing Crosby (perf.) 		 Pub.
I'm Yours For Tonight 1935 Carole Lombard (perf.)
George Raft (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
If I Should Lose You (w&m) 1935 Leo Robin (co-author)
John Boles (perf.)
Gladys Swarthout (perf.) 		 Pub.
⇑ Laughin' at the Weather Man 1935 Leo Robin (words)
Little Rose of the Rancho 1935 Leo Robin (words)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Magic of You, The (w&m) 1935
Miss Brown to You 1935 Richard A. Whiting (words)
Leo Robin (words)
Penny in My Pocket, A 1935 Leo Robin (words)
Rhythm of the Rumba, The (w&m) 1935
Then It Isn't Love 1935 Leo Robin (words)
Thunder Over Paradise 1935 Leo Robin (words)
Why Dream? 1935 Richard A. Whiting (words)
Leo Robin (words)
Al Bowlly (perf.) 		  recordmp3.gif
Dreaming Out Loud 1936 Leo Robin (words)
Here's Love in Your Eye 1936 Leo Robin (words)
Hills of Old Wyomin', The (w&m) 1936 Leo Robin (co-author)
Smith Ballew (perf.)
Frances Langford (perf.)
Guy Standing (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
I Don't Want to Make History (w&m) 1936 Leo Robin (co-author)
Smith Ballew (perf.)
Frances Langford (perf.)
Guy Standing (perf.) 		 Pub.
⇑ Long Ago and Far Away 1936 Leo Robin (words)
Charles Daly Barnet (perf.) 		  recordmp3.gif
Rendezvous With a Dream (w&m) 1936 Leo Robin (co-author)
Richard Cromwell (perf.)
W.C. Fields (perf.)
Rochelle Hudson (perf.) 		 Pub.
Swing Tap, The 1936 Leo Robin (words)
What Is Love? 1936 Victor Young (co-author)
Leo Robin (words)
Where Is My Heart? 1936 Leo Robin (words)
Will I Ever Know? 1936 Leo Robin (words)
You Came to My Rescue 1936 Leo Robin (words)
Blossoms on Broadway 1937 Leo Robin (words)
Blue Hawaii (w&m) 1937 Leo Robin (co-author)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
Dolly Dawn (perf.)
Shirley Ross (perf.)
Billy Vaughn (perf.) 		 Pub.  recordmp3.gif
Easy Living 1937 Leo Robin (words)
Ebb Tide (w&m) 1937 Leo Robin (co-author)
Frances Farmer (perf.)
Oscar Homolka (perf.)
Ray Milland (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
I Adore You 1937 Leo Robin (words)
⇑ In a Little Hula Heaven 1937 Leo Robin (words)
Sweet Is the Word For You (w&m) 1937 Leo Robin (co-author)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
Shirley Ross (perf.) 		 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Talking Through My Heart 1937 Leo Robin (words)
Larry Adler (perf.)
Gracie Allen (perf.)
Jack Benny (perf.)
Bob Burns (perf.)
George Burns (perf.)
Benny Fields (perf.)
Frank Forest (perf.)
Benny Goodman (perf.)
David Holt (perf.)
Ray Milland (perf.)
Martha Raye (perf.)
Shirley Ross (perf.)
Leopold Stokowski (perf.)
Virginia Weid (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Thanks For the Memory (w&m) 1937 Leo Robin (co-author)
Shirley Ross (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Do the Buckaroo 1938 Leon Robin (co-author)
Funny Old Hills, The (w&m) 1938 Leo Robin (co-author)
Bing Crosby (perf.) 		 Pub.
Havin' Myself a Time 1938 Leo Robin (words)
I Fell Up to Heaven 1938 Leo Robin (words)
I Have Eyes (w&m) 1938 Leo Robin (co-author)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
Helen Forrest (perf.)
Franciska Gaal (perf.)
Tony Pastor (perf.)
Shirley Ross (perf.)
Akim Tamiroff (perf.) 		 Pub.  recordmp3.gif
Joobalai 1938 Leo Robin (words)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
Franciska Gaal (perf.)
Shirley Ross (perf.)
Little Kiss at Twilight, A 1938 Leo Robin (words)
Mama, That Moon Is Here Again 1938 Leo Robin (words)
Silver on the Sage (w&m) 1938 Leo Robin (co-author)
Joan Bennett (perf.)
Randolph Scott (perf.) 		 Pub.
⇑ What Goes on Here in My Heart? 1938 Leo Robin (words)
What Have You Got That Gets Me? 1938 Leo Robin (words)
You Took the Words Right Out of My Heart 1938 Leo Robin (words)
You're a Sweet Little Headache (w&m) 1938 Leo Robin (co-author)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
Helen Forrest (perf.)
Tony Pastor (perf.)
Shirley Ross (perf.)
Miriam Shaw (perf.)
Akim Tamiroff (perf.) 		 Pub.  recordmp3.gif recordmp3.gif
You're Lovely, Madame 1938 Leo Robin (words)
Blow Me Down 1939 Leo Robin (words)
Bluebirds in the Moonlight (w&m) 1939 Leo Robin (co-author)
Marion Hutton (perf.) 		 Pub.  recordmp3.gif
Faithful Forever 1939 Leo Robin (co-author)  Pub.
I Shoulda Stood in Bed 1939 Leo Robin (words)
Love With a Capital ''You'' 1939 Leo Robin (words)
Kay Starr (perf.) 		  recordmp3.gif
Prom Waltz, The 1939 Leo Robin (words)
That Sarong Number 1939 Leo Robin (words)
⇑ Tra-La-La and the Oom Pah-Pah, The 1939 Leo Robin (words)
Wind at My Window, The 1939 Leo Robin (words)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Hello Ma! I Done It Again 1940 Leo Robin (words)
Milton Berle (perf.)
Virginia Gilmore (perf.)
Charlotte Greenwood (perf.)
Cesar Romero (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif pdf15.gif 
I'm Alive and Kickin' 1940 Leo Robin (words)
Just A-Whistlin' and A-Whittlin' 1940 Leo Robin (words)
Dinah Shore (perf.) 		  recordmp3.gif
Wishful Thinking 1940 Leo Robin (words)
Another Little Dream Won't Do Us Any Harm 1941 Leo Robin (words)
Central Two-Two-Oh-Oh 1941 Leo Robin (words)
Milton Berle (perf.)
Walter Brennan (perf.)
Linda Darnell (perf.)
George Murphy (perf.)
Jack Oakie (perf.) 		 Pub. pdf15.gif 
Hi-Ya Love 1941 Leo Robin (words)
Betty Grable (perf.)
Tyrone Power (perf.) 		 Pub. pdf15.gif 
I'm Making a Play For You 1941 Leo Robin (words)
I've Got You All to Myself 1941 Leo Robin (words)
Don Ameche (perf.)
Robert Cummings (perf.)
Betty Grable (perf.)
Charlotte Greenwood (perf.)
Jack Hayley (perf.)
Carole Landis (perf.) 		 Pub. pdf15.gif 
Is That Good? 1941 Leo Robin (words)
It Happened, It's Over, Let's Forget It 1941 Leo Robin (words)
Janis Carter (perf.)
Chick Chandler (perf.)
Carole Landis (perf.)
William Lowery (perf.)
George Montgomery (perf.)
John Shepherd (perf.)
Charles Tannen (perf.)
William Tracy (perf.)
Basil Walker (perf.) 		 Pub. pdf15.gif 
⇑ Kindergarten Conga, The 1941 Leo Robin (words)
Roni (words)
Loveliness and Love 1941 Leo Robin (words)
Peggy Mann (perf.) 		  recordmp3.gif
Miami 1941 Leo Robin (words)
She's a Good Neighbor 1941 Leo Robin (words)
Janis Carter (perf.)
Chick Chandler (perf.)
Carole Landis (perf.)
Robert Lowery (perf.)
George Montgomery (perf.)
John Shepperd (perf.)
Charles Tannen (perf.)
William Tracy (perf.)
Basil Walker (perf.) 		 Pub. pdf15.gif 
Solitary Seminole 1941 Leo Robin (words)
Uncle Sam Gets Around 1941 Leo Robin (words)
You Started Something 1941 Leo Robin (words)
Peggy Mann (perf.) 		  recordmp3.gif
Glory Day 1942 Leo Robin (words)
Here You Are 1942 Leo Robin (words)
James Gleason (perf.)
Rita Hayworth (perf.)
Carol Landis (perf.)
Victor Mature (perf.)
John Sutton (perf.) 		 Pub. pdf15.gif 
I'll Be Marching to a Love Song 1942 Leo Robin (words)
Me and My Fella 1942 Leo Robin (words)
Oh, the Pity of It All 1942 Leo Robin (words)
Rita Hayworth (perf.)
Victor Mature (perf.) 		 Pub.
⇑ On the Gay White Way 1942 Leo Robin (words)
Take It From There 1942 Leo Robin (words)
Betty Grable (perf.)
George Montgomery (perf.)
Cesar Romero (perf.)
Phil Silvers (perf.)
Charles Winninger (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif pdf15.gif 
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Beautiful Coney Island 1943 Leo Robin (words)
Miss Lulu From Louisville 1943 Leo Robin (words)
There's Danger in a Dance 1943 Leo Robin (words)
Whistling in the Light 1943 Leo Robin (words)
You're the Rainbow 1943 Leo Robin (words)
Injun Gal Heap Hep 1944 Leo Robin (words)
Joseph L. Lilley (words)
Lucky Cowboy 1944 Leo Robin (words)
I'm Still Crazy For You ? Leo Robin (words)