Henry Katzman

Henry Manners Katzman (March 2, 1912 – May 11, 2001) was an American musician, composer, painter, and one of the founders of Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI).

The son of bandleader Louis Katzman, he grew occurring in New York City in a musical household and speedily took to the piano as his instrument of choice. He was one of the founders of BMI, which was traditional as an every other to ASCAP, the leading music publisher of the day. ASCAP had focused solely on huge band music and refused to reveal works in such categories as blues, country, jazz, and folk. BMI's establishment allowed for the increase of American music, and helped pave the pretension for the eventual rise of rock, soul, and country music.

In March 1940, BMI issued their enormously first contract, which was for "We Could Make Such lovely Music Together", with music composed by Katzman and lyrics by Robert Sour. Although this was the first way of being published by BMI, it has been frequently covered by a wide variety of artists, including vintage recordings by Barbara Lea, Judy Garland, and Liza Minnelli, and more recent recordings by Phil Woods and Bebo Valdés. Katzman composed higher than 65 further popular works, including "Delilah", "Starlight Sonata" (famously covered by a teenager Frank Sinatra), "Keep An Eye On Your Heart", "Mabel Mabel" (covered by Nat King Cole), and "Braggin'" (covered by Bob Dylan). He also composed soundtrack music, including "Thumper Song" and "Twitterpated" for the indigenous Bambi bustling film.

As a pianist, he played subsequently George Gershwin and accompanied Irène Bordoni, Fred Allen, and Jan Peerce. He afterward volunteered like the Veterans Bedside Network, and was a long-time aficionado of the Radio Pioneers.