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Ralph Blane (July 26, 1914 – November 13, 1995) was an American composer, lyricist, and performer. ==Life and career== Blane was born Ralph Uriah Hunsecker in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, the son of Florence Hazel (Wilborn) and Tracey Mark Hunsecker, grocery store owners.〔http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9080271〕 He attended Tulsa Central High School.〔("Alumni Named to Central High Hall of Fame" ), ''Tulsa World'', November 3, 1991.〕 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'', ''Hooray for What!'', and ''Louisiana Purchase''. He contributed the lyrics and music to ''Best Foot Forward'' (1941) and ''Three Wishes for Jamie'' (1952). With partner Hugh Martin (Hugh Martin disputes this, see Songwriting Collaboration Controversy ), Blane penned many American standards for the stage and MGM musicals. The team's best-known songs include "The Boy Next Door", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "The Trolley Song", all written for the 1944 film musical ''Meet Me in St. Louis''. 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''). ''Meet Me in St. Louis'' was adapted for a 1989 Broadway musical of the same name. Blane also collaborated with Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, and Kay Thompson, among others. In 1983, Blane was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.〔(Songwriters Hall of Fame )〕 He is buried in Broken Arrow's Park Grove Cemetery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ralph Blane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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