Jerome David Kern was born in 1885. He began his stage career grafting American songs , have become famous for their songs and dances. Kern died of a stroke at the age of 60, in 1945.
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Pictured on a 22 US commemorative postage stamp in the Performing Arts USA series, issued 26 January 1985 (4 days before 100th anniversary of his birth).
Often called "the granddaddy of American musical theatre".
Father-in-law of Artie Shaw.
Father-in-law of longtime MGM producer Jack Cummings.
Named after Jerome Park, in New York.
Daughter Betty Jane born in 1913.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Till the Clouds Roll By was Hollywoods version of his biography.
"Three Sisters" his 1934 London Musical received its American Premiere in December 2011, 77 years after the original production. The script and score were restored by San Francisco revival theatre company 42nd Street Moon, in a sponsored production by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Jerome Kerns (27 Jan 1885-11 Nov 1945, age 60) friendship with Nol Coward (16 Dec 1899-26 March 1973, age 73) resulted with an agreement for them to collaborate on a future musical play project. With Jerome Kerns death, 11 November 1945, age 60, Nol lamented that they were prevented from sharing the collaboration experience.
"Show Boat" in the Center Theatre Group production at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 1996 Drama Logue Award for Production.
The fact that the theatregoing public likes my music is no credit to me.
