Paul Ash

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title: "Paul Ash" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1891-births", "1958-deaths", "american-male-violinists", "american-lyricists", "american-bandleaders", "emigrants-from-the-german-empire-to-the-united-states", "place-of-birth-missing", "20th-century-american-conductors-(music)", "20th-century-american-violinists", "20th-century-american-pianists", "brunswick-records-artists", "columbia-records-artists", "20th-century-american-male-pianists"] description: "German-American orchestra leader and composer (1891–1958)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ash" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary German-American orchestra leader and composer (1891–1958) ::

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Paul Robert Ash (February 11, 1891, German Empire — July 13, 1958, Manhattan, New York) was a German orchestra leader, composer, vaudeville personality, and recording artist, who emigrated to the United States.

He recorded several hit songs: "Rememb'ring" (Brunswick, 1924), with his Granada Orchestra, "My Pet" (Columbia, 1928) and "Shadows on the Swanee" (Columbia, 1933). He also penned Kay Kyser's theme "Thinking of You."

In 1928 he performed a three week engagement in New York City at the Paramount Theatre with a young Ginger Rogers as her career was beginning.

He was born in the German Empire but, at the age of one, moved to America.

References

References

1. William F. Lee. (2005). "American big bands". Hal Leonard Corporation.
2. ''The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, Third edition'', New York: [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]], 1966 {{OCLC. 598257
3. ''ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, Fourth edition,'' compiled for the [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]] by [[Jaques Cattell Press]], New York: [[R.R. Bowker]], 1980 {{OCLC. 7065938
4. ''The Big Bands, Revised edition,'' by [[George Thomas Simon]], New York: [[Macmillan Publishing Co.]], [[Collier Books]], 1974 {{OCLC. 1236726
5. ''The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900–1950,'' bio in Vol. 2 of 3 Vols., by Roger D. Kinkle, [[New Rochelle, New York]]: [[Arlington House Publishers]], 1974 {{OCLC. 897890
6. ''Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines, Volume 4: September 1955 — August 1958,'' New York: [[H. W. Wilson Company]], 1960
7. ''''Ginger: My Story ''''by [[Ginger Rogers]], [[New York, New York]]: [[HarperCollins]], 1991

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