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'Manning Sherwin' (January 4, 1902 - July 26, 1974) was an American composer. Born in Philadelphia, Sherwin attended Columbia University before embarking upon a long career in musical theatre and films.
His most enduring composition of 1914 is the music for "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"Lyrics by Eric Maschwitz, written for ''New Faces'' in 1940.
He settled in Britain in 1938, and contributed to George Posford's ''Magyar Melody''. His musical ''Sitting Pretty'', whose main hit was the duet "I'll Take a Little Time", was pulled early due to the outbreak of war, and he countered with ''Get A Load of This'' which achieved 698 West End performances (1941-3), ''Something in the Air'' (1943-4) (336 performances, plus 163 more in 1944-5), and ''Under the Counter'' (665 perfs in 1945-7). His last successful musicals were ''The Kid From Stratford'' (1948-9: 235 performances) and ''Her Excellency'' (1949) (jointly composed with Posford, whose real name was Benjamin George Ashwell, perfs 252). A number of his songs also featured in British musical films of the period.
Sherwin died in Los Angeles.
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★ Philip L. Scowcroft's article on British Light Music Composers
His most enduring composition of 1914 is the music for "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"Lyrics by Eric Maschwitz, written for ''New Faces'' in 1940.
He settled in Britain in 1938, and contributed to George Posford's ''Magyar Melody''. His musical ''Sitting Pretty'', whose main hit was the duet "I'll Take a Little Time", was pulled early due to the outbreak of war, and he countered with ''Get A Load of This'' which achieved 698 West End performances (1941-3), ''Something in the Air'' (1943-4) (336 performances, plus 163 more in 1944-5), and ''Under the Counter'' (665 perfs in 1945-7). His last successful musicals were ''The Kid From Stratford'' (1948-9: 235 performances) and ''Her Excellency'' (1949) (jointly composed with Posford, whose real name was Benjamin George Ashwell, perfs 252). A number of his songs also featured in British musical films of the period.
Sherwin died in Los Angeles.
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