Harry Ruby
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About
Best known for collaborating with Bert Kalmar on Three Little Words, A Kiss to Build a Dream On, and numerous other songs.
Before Fame
He performed in vaudeville as a pianist. He always wanted to become a professional baseball player.
Trivia
He and Kalmar composed music together for close to 30 years. Their partnership was dramatized in the 1950 film Three Little Words in which he was played by Red Skelton and Kalmar by Fred Astaire.
Family Life
He married Eileen Percy in 1936.
Associated With
He was best friends with Groucho Marx and wrote several songs for him.
