Ted Snyder

This article is about the composer and lyricist. For the economist and dean, seeTed Snyder (economist).

Ted Snyder
Born	(1881-08-15)August 15, 1881 Freeport, Illinois
Died	July 16, 1965(1965-07-16)(aged 83) Woodland Hills, California
Notable work	"The Sheik of Araby"(1921) "Who's Sorry Now?"(1923)
Awards	Songwriters Hall of Fame

Theodore Frank Snyder(August 15, 1881 inFreeport, Illinois– July 16, 1965 inWoodland Hills, California), was anAmericancomposer,lyricist,and music publisher.His hits include "The Sheik of Araby"(1921) and"Who's Sorry Now?"(1923). In 1970, he was inducted into theSongwriters Hall of Fame.As of 2007,his compositions have been used in more than twenty motion pictures.

Early life

Born inFreeport, Illinois,Snyder grew up inBoscobel, Wisconsin.He learned to play thepianoas a boy and as a young man returned to Illinois to work inChicagoas a pianist in a café before being employed by a music publishing company.

Career

Snyder moved to New York in 1904 after working in Chicago plugging musical compositions.

In 1907, Snyder had his first musical composition published and the following year set up his own music publishing business inNew York City.He gaveIrving Berlinhis first break in 1909 when he hired him as a staff writer for his company and the two eventually became business partners. In 1914, Ted Snyder became one of the founding members ofASCAP.

Snyder's growing name as a top-line composer led to his compositions being used instage playswith the first to make it toBroadwayin 1908. Following his teaming up with Irving Berlin, the two were hired to perform and sing their music in the 1910 musicalUp and Down Broadway.Snyder would become widely known to a later generation through hits such as 1921's "The Sheik of Araby" recorded by several artists includingDuke Ellington(in 1932),Benny Goodman(in 1937), andThe Beatles(in 1962, Decca Audition).

The most notable of Snyder's works is "Who's Sorry Now?"written in 1923 in collaboration withBert KalmarandHarry Ruby."Who's Sorry Now?" became aNo.1hit on theUK Singles ChartforConnie Francisin 1958 and went to No. 4 on the AmericanBillboard charts.In 2000, it was named one of theSongs of the Centuryby theRecording Industry Association of America.

In 1930, Snyder retired from the songwriting business and moved toCalifornia,where he opened aHollywoodnightclub. As of 2007,his compositions have been used in about twenty-two motion picturesfrom 1926'sThe Sheik of Araby,to the 1946'sMarx Brothers'A Night in Casablanca,to 1979'sAll That Jazz,to 2002'sThe Good Girl.

Death and legacy

Ted Snyder died in 1965 inWoodland Hillsand was interred in theOakwood Memorial Park CemeteryinChatsworth, California.

In 1970, he was inducted into theSongwriters Hall of Fame.

In 1985, the heirs to his music copyrights were party toMills Music, Inc. v. Snyder.

Work on Broadway

• Funabashi(1908),musical– contributinglyricist
• Up and Down Broadway(1910),musical– performer
• Fashions of 1924(1924),revue–composer
• Fosse(1999),revue– featuredsongwriterfor "Who's Sorry Now?"

References

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Citations

External links

• Ted Snyder entryat theSongwriters Hall of Fame
• Works by Ted SnyderatProject Gutenberg
• Works by or about Ted SnyderatInternet Archive
• Ted Snyderat theInternet Broadway Database
• Ted SnyderatIMDb

Discographies

• DiscographyatAllmusic:less complete credits, but all recordings and covers
• Discographyat theSongwriters Hall of Fame:more complete credits, but no dates
• Ted Snyder recordingsat theDiscography of American Historical Recordings.