Allie Wrubel

Allie Wrubel (15 January, 1905 – 13 January, 1973) was an American composer and songwriter. Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Wrubel attended Wesleyan University and Columbia University before working in dance bands. In 1934 he moved to Hollywood to work for Warner Brothers. He contributed material to a large number of indifferent movies before moving to Disney in 1947.

Allie Wrubel collaborated with lyricist Ray Gilbert on the song "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" from the film Song of the South which won the Oscar for Best Song in 1947.

Wrubel also contributed to the films Make Mine Music, Duel in the Sun, I Walk Alone, Melody Time, Tulsa, Never Steal Anything Small and Midnight Lace. The lyricists with whom he collaborated included Abner Silver, Herb Magidson, Charles Newman, Mort Dixon and Ned Washington. When he died, at Twentynine Palms, California, he left a lengthy catalogue of songs.

Allie Wrubel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. His best-known songs include:

• Gone with the Wind
• How Long Has This Been Going On?
• I'll Buy that Dream
• I'll Never Say Never Again
• Mine Alone
• Song of the South
• There Goes that Song Again
• There'll Never Be Another You
• What a Little Moonlight Can Do
• When the Moon Comes over the Mountains
• When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along
• Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah

External links

• Allie Wrubel at the Internet Movie Database