Abe Lyman
I WISHED ON THE MOON  -  ABE LYMAN AND HIS CALIFORNIANS
I WISHED ON THE MOON  -  SCREEN SONGS  -  1935
Lyricist Tot Seymour found success early-on writing special material for Fannie Brice, Mae West and others. In the early 1930's she teamed up with Vee Lawnhurst, and the two came to be known as "the first successful group of songwriting girls in modern history". The duo's 1934 song Please Keep Me In Your Dreams was the title and basis for a Screen Songs animated short in 1937, performed by Barbara Blake with Henry King and His Orchestra. That year the song was a hit for a young Billie Holiday. In the following years the duo's songs appeared in several other Fleischer cartoons, including No Other One (Screen Songs, 1936), Happy You And Merry Me (Betty Boop, 1936), Play Safe (1936), We'll Have A Bushel Of Fun (Grampy's Indoor Outing, 1936), Abu Hassan (Popeye's Meets Ali Baba and The Forty Theives, 1937), Be Up To Date (Betty Boop, 1938), Hold It (Color Classics, 1938), Off With The Old Job On With The New (Betty Boop, On With The New, 1938), and Sally Swing (Betty Boop, 1938).
SHAKE THAT THING  -  1926
TOO BAD  -  1926
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN  -  19??
Rudy Vallee sang fluently in four languages, and he paved the way for crooners like Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin and others. In 1934 a caricature of Vallee appeared in Betty Boop's color cartoon short Poor Cinderella. In the film Vallee makes a brief appearance singing through a megaphone. 

Abe Lyman (August 4, 1897 - October 23, 1957) was a popular bandleader from the 1920s to the 1940s. He made recordings, appeared in films and provided the music for numerous radio shows, including Your Hit Parade. His name at birth was Abraham Simon Lymon. Abe and his brother Mike changed their last name to Lyman because they both thought it sounded better. Abe learned to play the drums when he was young, and at the age of 14 he had a job as a drummer in a Chicago café. Around 1919, Abe was regularly playing music with two other notable future big band leaders, Henry Halstead and Gus Arnheim in California. In Los Angeles Mike opened the Sunset, a night club popular with such film stars as Mary Pickford, Norma Talmadge, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd. When Abe's nine-piece band first played at the Sunset, it was a success, but the club closed after celebrities signed contracts stating they were not to be seen at clubs. For an engagement at the Cocoanut Grove in The Ambassador Hotel on April 1, 1922, Abe added a violinist and saxophonist. Opening night drew a large crowd of 1500 guests in the Cocoanut Grove, plus another 500 more outside. After the band cut their first record under the local label Nordskog, they moved a year later to Brunswick Records where they made many recordings. The Lyman Orchestra toured Europe in 1929, appearing at the Kit Cat Club and the Palladium in London and at the Moulin Rouge and the Perroquet in Paris. Abe Lyman and his orchestra were featured in a number of early talkies, including Hold Everything (1930), Good News (1930) and Madam Satan (1930). In 1931, Abe Lyman and his orchestra recorded a number of soundtracks for the Merrie Melodies cartoon series. During the 1930s, the Lyman Orchestra was heard regularly on such shows as Accordiana and Waltz Time. When Lyman was 50 years old, he left the music industry and went into the restaurant management business. He died in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 60.

Lyman (1897-1957) was a popular bandleader from the 20s to the 40s. He made recordings, appeared in films and provided the music for numerous radio shows. At the age of 14 he had a job as a drummer in a Chicago café. Soon after that, when his nine-piece band played at the Sunset in LA, it was a success, but the club closed. For an engagement at the Cocoanut Grove in The Ambassador Hotel on April 1, 1922, Abe added a violinist and saxophonist. Lyman's band toured Europe in 1929, appearing at the Kit Cat Club and the Palladium in London and at the Moulin Rouge and the Perroquet in Paris. Abe Lyman and his orchestra were featured in a number of early talkies. During the 1930s, the Lyman Orchestra was heard regularly on such shows as Accordiana and Waltz Time. When Lyman was 50 years old, he left the music industry. Whereas his early recordings often were particularly hot, this is a later one, adapted to the smoother style of the 30's, more particularly 1935. Vocal by Louis Rapp.
ABE LYMAN was featured in:
I WISHED ON THE MOON  (SCREEN SONGS)  1935
THAT'S ALL THE IS  -  1925
SHAKE THAT THING  -  1926
VARSITY DRAG  -  1927
12TH STREET RAG  -  1929
ABE LYMAN  -  1932
JUST ANOTHER DAY WASTED  -  19??
FOOTBALL  -  1930
BESAME MUCHO  -  1944
RUM & COCA-COLA  -  1945
THOSE LONGING FOR YOU BLUES  -  1922
MANDALAY  -  1924
SWEET LITTLE YOU  -  1924
SING A SONG  -  1925
BREEZIN' ALONG WITH THE BREEZE - 1926
HAVING LOTS OF FUN  -  1926
CRYIN' FOR THE MOON  -  1926
AFTER I SAY I'M SORRY  -  1926
BYE BYE PRETTY BABY  -  1927
JUST IMAGINE  -  1928
I THINK OF WHAT YOU USED TO
THINK OF ME  -  1928
DOWN WHERE THE SUN GOES DOWN - 1928
WITHOUT THAT GAL  -  1930
THIS IS LOVE  -  1930
WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS (AND DREAM YOUR TROUBLES AWAY)  -  1931
WHAT HAVE WE GOT TO DO TONIGHT
BUT DANCE  -  1931
MARCH WINDS AND APRIL SHOWERS  -  1935
SUMMER NIGHTS  -  1936
GOOD MORNING  -  1939
WE'LL BE ALRIGHT - 1939
YODELIN' JIVE  -  1939
AT THE BALALAIKA  -  1939
JEALOUS  -  1924
WHERE'D YOU GET THOSE EYES  -  1926
THAT'S MY WEAKNESS NOW  -  1928
BABY  -  1928
SWEETHEARTS ON PARADE  -  1928
SAN  -  1928
YOU TRY SOMEBODY ELSE  -  1931
WITH YOU,
DEAR,
IN BOMBAY

GUEST
CONDUCTOR
CHARLIE
CHAPLIN

1923
DANCING
TO SAVE
YOUR SOLE
from
PARAMOUNT
ON PARADE

1929
ABE LYMAN
PERFORMING
OUTSIDE THE
GRAUMAN'S
CHINESE
​THEATRE

1930
ABE LYMAN
& NANCY CARROL
​& RUBBERLEGS
NORMAN
from
DANCING
TO SAVE
YOUR SOLE

1930
ABE LYMAN
with
PENNY SINGLETON
& RUBBERLEGS
NORMAN
from
GOOD
NEWS

1930
ABE LYMAN
WITH
RUBBERLEGS
NORMAN

​1932
BOXING
CHAMPION
JACK SHARKEY
WITH
​ABE LYMAN

1932
BATMAN:
​THE
​BLOODY
TOWER
ROBIN IS TRAPPED BY THE AFRICAN DEATH BEE'S OF LORD FLOGG
​PLAYED BY RUDY VALLEE
BATMAN:
​THE
​FOGGIEST NOTION
BATGIRL IS CAPTURED BY LORD FLOGG
​PLAYED BY RUDY VALLEE
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