Ralph Blane

Ralph Blane (July 26, 1914 – November 13, 1995)[1] was an American composer, lyricist, and performer.Blane was born Ralph Uriah Hunsecker in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.[3] He began his career as a radio singer for NBC in the 1930s before turning to Broadway, where he was featured in New Faces of 1936 (1936), Hooray for What!Facing the challenge of writing a song about a trolley, the duo visited a public library, and in a book they found the caption "Clang, clang, clang went the trolley", which formed the nucleus for the lyric of their song, which earned them their first Oscar nomination (their second was for "Pass That Peace Pipe", written in collaboration with Roger Edens for the 1947 film adaptation of Good News).Blane also collaborated with Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, and Kay Thompson, among others.
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