Ralph Rainger  (1901-1942)
Last updated: 01.10.24
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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  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
  Historic Records      
recordmp3.gif Blue Hawaii (1937) R. Rainger Dolly Dawn Victor: BS-06127
recordmp3.gif I Have Eyes (1938) R. Rainger Helen Forrest Victor: BS-027234
recordmp3.gif Moanin' Low (1929) R. Rainger Annette Hanshaw OKeh: W402887
recordmp3.gif You're a Sweet Little Headache (1938) R. Rainger Helen Forrest Victor: BS-027233
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 71 works by Ralph Rainger (1901-1942). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
I'm on the Verge of a Merger 1929 Eddie Cantor (perf.)
Moanin' Low 1929 Howard Dietz (words)
Annette Hanshaw (perf.)
Vaughn de Leath (perf.)
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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.)
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When a Woman Loves a Man 1930 Billy Rose (words)
Fanny Brice (perf.)
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Here Lies Love 1932 Leo Robin (words)
Please 1932 Leo Robin (words)
Boswell Sisters (perf.)
Mills Brothers (perf.)
Burns & Allen (perf.)
Cab Calloway (perf.)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
Stuart Erwin (perf.)
Leila Hyams (perf.)
Vincent de Lopez (perf.)
Kate Smith (perf.)
Arthur Tracy (perf.)
 Pub.
Cradle Song 1933 Leo Robin (words)
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love 1933 Leo Robin (words)
Claudette Colbert (perf.)
 Pub.
I'll Take an Option on You 1933 Leo Robin (words)  Pub.
I'm a Lover of Paree 1933 Leo Robin (words)
Maurice Chevalier (perf.)
 Pub.
In a One - Room Flat 1933 Leon Robin (words)
In the Park in Paree 1933 Leo Robin (words)
Maurice Chevalier (perf.)
 Pub.
It's Oh, It's Ah! 1933 Leon Robin (words)
Look What I've Got 1933 Leo Robin (words)
Maurice Chevalier (perf.)
 Pub.
Do I Love You? 1934 Leon Robin (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Down Home (w&m) 1934 Leon Robin (co-author)
Dorothy Dell (perf.)
 Pub.
I'm a Black Sheep Who's Blue (w&m) 1934 Leo Robin (co-author)  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
June in January (w&m) 1934 Leo Robin (co-author)
Kitty Carlisle (perf.)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
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Laugh You Son of a Gun (w&m) 1934 Leo Robin (co-author)  Pub.
Love in Bloom (w&m) 1934 Leo Robin (co-author)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
 Pub.
Take a Lesson From the Lark (w&m) 1934 Leo Robin (co-author)
Ben Bernie (perf.)
 Pub.
Double Trouble 1935 Richard A. Whiting (words)
Leo Robin (words)
Got a Gal in Californ - I - A 1935 Leon Robin (co-author)
Here Is My Heart 1935 Leo Robin (words)
I Wished on the Moon (w&m) 1935 Dorothy Parker (co-author)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
 Pub.
If I Should Lose You (w&m) 1935 Leo Robin (co-author)
John Boles (perf.)
Gladys Swarthout (perf.)
 Pub.
Miss Brown to You 1935 Richard A. Whiting (words)
Leo Robin (words)
Why Dream? 1935 Richard A. Whiting (words)
Leo Robin (words)
With Every Breath I Take 1935 Leo Robin (words)
Hills of Old Wyomin' (w&m) 1936 Leo Robin (co-author)
Smith Ballew (perf.)
Frances Langford (perf.)
Guy Standing (perf.)
 Pub.
I Don't Want to Make History (w&m) 1936 Leo Robin (co-author)
Smith Ballew (perf.)
Frances Langford (perf.)
Guy Standing (perf.)
 Pub.
Little Rose of the Rancho 1936 Leo Robin (words)
Long Ago and Far Away 1936 Leo Robin (words)
Rendezvous With a Dream (w&m) 1936 Leo Robin (co-author)
Richard Cromwell (perf.)
W.C. Fields (perf.)
Rochelle Hudson (perf.)
 Pub.
Thunder Over Paradise 1936 Leo Robin (words)
Where Is My Heart? 1936 Leo Robin (words)
Will I Ever Know? 1936 Leo Robin (words)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
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.)
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Easy Living 1937 Leo Robin (words)
Ebb Tide (w&m) 1937 Leo Robin (co-author)
Frances Farmer (perf.)
Oscar Homolka (perf.)
Ray Milland (perf.)
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Here's Love in Your Eye 1937 Leo Robin (words)
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.
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.)
 Pub.
Thanks For the Memory (w&m) 1937 Leo Robin (co-author)
Shirley Ross (perf.)
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Do the Buckaroo 1938 Leon Robin (co-author)
Funny Old Hills, The (w&m) 1938 Leo Robin (co-author)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
 Pub.
I Have Eyes (w&m) 1938 Leo Robin (co-author)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
Helen Forrest (perf.)
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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)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
You're a Sweet Little Headache (w&m) 1938 Leo Robin (co-author)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
Helen Forrest (perf.)
Shirley Ross (perf.)
Akim Tamiroff (perf.)
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You're Lovely, Madame 1938 Leo Robin (words)
Bluebirds in the Moonlight (w&m) 1939 Leo Robin (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Faithful Forever 1939 Leo Robin (co-author)  Pub.
Wind at My Window, The 1939 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.)
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Loveliness and Love 1941 Leo Robin (words)
You Started Something 1941 Leo Robin (words)
Here You Are 1942 Leo Robin (words)
Oh, the Pity of It All 1942 Leo Robin (words)
Rita Hayworth (perf.)
Victor Mature (perf.)
 Pub.
Take It From There 1942 Leo Robin (words)  wvicon.gif