Frank Signorelli Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Frank Signorelli (May 24, 1901 – December 9, 1975) was an US jazz pianist of the 1920s. He was a founder member of the Original Memphis Five in 1917, then joined the Original Dixieland Jazz Band briefly in 1921. In 1927 he played in Adrian Rollini's New York ensemble, and subsequently worked with Eddie Lang, Bix Beiderbecke, Matty Malneck and Paul Whiteman. In 1936-38 he played in the revived version of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. He recorded with Phil Napoleon in 1946 and with Miff Mole in 1958.As a songwriter, Signorelli composed "I'll Never Be the Same" (initially called "Little Buttercup" by Joe Venuti's Blue Four), "Gypsy", recorded by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, "Caprice Futuristic", "Evening", "Anything", "Bass Ale Blues", "Great White Way Blues", "Park Avenue Fantasy", "Sioux City Sue" (1924), "Shufflin' Mose", "Stairway to the Stars", and "A Blues Serenade", recorded by Signorelli in 1926, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra in 1935 and Duke Ellington's version in 1938.
Jazz pianist with the Original Memphis Five and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, variously from the early 1920's to the 1950's. Frequently accompanied Bix Beiderbecke, Phil Napoleon and Joe Venuti. Composed the song "Stairway to the Stars", which became a standard for society orchestras. Free-lanced as a solo artist in Greenwich Village in the late 1950's.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bomb Girls
2012
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Jack and Jill
2011/I
writer: "Park Avenue Fantasy"
Joe Gould's Secret
2000
writer: "I'll Never Be the Same"
Claire Dolan
1998
writer: "I'll Never Be the Same"
Le confessionnal
1995
writer: "Blues serenade"
Malcolm X
1992
writer: "Stairway to the Stars"
Aloha Summer
1988
writer: "Stairway to the Stars"
Glenn Miller Time
1961
TV Series music - 1 episode
Some Like It Hot
1959
music: "Park Avenue Fantasy Stairway to the Stars" 1935 - uncredited
Thieves' Highway
1949
music: "I'll Never Be the Same" - uncredited
Crazy House
1943
writer: "My Rainbow Song" - uncredited
These Glamour Girls
1939
music: "Stairway to the Stars"
Tugboat Annie
1933
music: "So At Last It's Come to This" - uncredited
Arsène Lupin
1932
writer: "And Then Your Lips Met Mine" - uncredited