Roy Bargy


Roy Fredrick Bargy was an American composer and pianist.

Biography

Born in Newaygo, Michigan, he grew up in Toledo, Ohio. In 1919, he began working with Charley Straight at the Imperial Piano Roll Company in Chicago, performing, arranging and composing. He was the leader, pianist and arranger of the Benson Orchestra of Chicago from 1920 to 1922, and later worked with the orchestras of Isham Jones and Paul Whiteman, and recorded piano solos for Victor Records. In 1928, he was the first pianist to record George Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F.
From 1943 until his retirement, he was music director for Jimmy Durante.
He died in Vista, California at the age of 79.

Selected Compositions