Murray Mencher
Murray Mencher was an American pianist, lyricist, and songwriter, born on October 5, 1898, in Boston, Massachusetts, and passed away on November 6, 1991, in Miami, Florida, due to natural causes. He is best remembered for co-writing the Merrie Melodies theme song "Merrily We Roll Along" with Charles Tobias and Eddie Cantor. Mencher began his career in vaudeville and later worked as a pianist and staff composer for several music publishing houses. In the early 1930s, he wrote songs for McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Jimmie Lunceford, and other jazz bands. He also composed scores for Broadway shows such as "Earl Carroll's Sketch Book" (1935) and for nightclub revues in New York and Miami. Some of his well-known compositions, including "On the Bumpy Road to Love," "Flowers for Madame," "Alice in Wonderland," "You're the Dream," and "Let's Swing It," were featured in Warner Brothers and MGM cartoons during the 1930s and 1940s.
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