YOUMANS, VINCENT. The quintessential 1920s composer; b. New York, New York, ; d. Denver, Colorado, .
Vincent Youmans’ shows dominated the Roaring Twenties. His closest competitor was George Gershwin who was born one day before Youmans. Jerome Kern also provided scores to many fine shows in the 1920s, including the greatest of his career, Show Boat. But Youmans imbued his music with a drive and rhythm that seems to define the decade, its spirit, its speed,...