Fred Fisher


Fred Fisher was a German-born American songwriter and Tin Pan Alley music publisher.

Biography

Fisher was born in Cologne, Germany. His parents were Max and Theodora Breitenbach. After visiting the United States in 1892, he immigrated in 1900, where he adopted the name Fred Fischer. He founded the Fred Fischer Music Publishing Company in 1907. During World War I he changed his surname to Fisher to make it seem less German.
In 1914, Fred Fisher married Ana Fisher. Their children – Daniel, Marvin, and Doris – also wrote songs professionally. Fisher died by suicide in Manhattan, New York, and was interred at Maimonides Cemetery in Brooklyn.
In 1970, Fred Fisher was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Ripley's "Believe It or Not" column credited him with writing more Irish songs than anyone else.

Selected compositions

Some of his other songs are;

Filmography

My Man Fanny Brice sings "I'd Rather Be Blue", a Fisher-Billy Rose collaboration that was later covered by Barbra Streisand.Oh, You Beautiful Doll This film is a fictionalized Hollywood biography featuring many of Fisher's songs. A Tin Pan Alley promoter turns serious composer Fred Breitenbach into songwriter Fred Fisher.