Arnheim, Gus

Gus Arnheim Bandleader, songwriter Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 11, 1897; Los Angeles, California, January 19, 1955. Arnheim was a West Coast-based popular bandleader of the 1920s and 1930s who enjoyed a few hits. He began his career working with Abe Lyman’s popular dance bands, and the pair wrote the popular “I Cried for You” in 1923; it was revived in 1939 by Judy Garland in the film Babes in Arms. In 1927, Arnheim struck out on his own, and two years later, he undertook a very…