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Jule Styne

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Songwriter

The Resume

    (December 31, 1905-September 20, 1994)
    Born in London, United Kingdom
    Birth name was Julius Stein
    Wrote for the Broadway shows 'High Button Shoes' (1947), 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' (1949), 'My Sister Eileen' (1955), 'Bells Are Ringing' (1956), 'Gypsy' (1959), 'Funny Girl' (1964) and 'Hallelujah, Baby!' (1967)
    Songs include 'Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend,' 'Don't Rain On My Parade,' 'Everything's Coming Up Roses,' 'I'll Walk Alone,' 'It's Magic,' 'Just In Time,' 'Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!' 'People,' 'Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week)' and 'Three Coins In The Fountain'
    Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1972)

Why he might be annoying:

    He began betting on horses while in high school.
    He noted of his early career as a pianist, 'I must have worked a couple of dozen mob joints.'
    He changed the spelling of his name when he was told 'Stein' was 'too Jewish.'
    He hated Hollywood's adaptations of 'Gypsy' and 'Funny Girl,' claiming 'The movies destroyed every musical they ever made from the stage.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He performed with the Chicago, St. Louis and Detroit symphonies before he was ten years old.
    He worked with Sammy Cahn, Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Stephen Sondheim, noting 'If you can't be a collaborator, you don't belong in the theater.'
    He won two Tonys for 'Hallelujah, Baby' and the Oscar for Best Song for 'Three Coins in the Fountain.'
    He said, 'A sunny day when I can sit down and write, that's what makes life good.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying