Irving Bibo


Irving Bibo was an American composer, songwriter, and publisher.

Biography

Bibo was born in San Francisco.
He began his career in New York in the mid 1910s as a Tin Pan Alley composer, writing tunes for the Ziegfeld Follies, the Greenwich Village Follies, and other theatrical productions. He was a staff pianist for Leo Feist.
In 1933 he moved to Los Angeles and scored more than 300 motion pictures, and later in life published several fight songs.
Bibo was the first licensee of Disney merchandise. His daughter Bobette, at the age of 12, wrote the book Mickey Mouse Book, containing stories, games, and cutouts. He contributed the song Mickey Mouse . It was illustrated by Walt Disney Studios, and published by Bibo and Charles Lang in 1930.

Selected compositions

For schools:
  • The Stanford Scalp Song
  • Sing UCLA
  • ''Fight On Michigan State''