Jack Shaindlin Lyrics

Jack Shaindlin was born in Russia, near Odessa, on April 14, 1909, and died on September 22, 1978 in New York City. He began his musical career as a pianist in silent movie halls, after relocating along with his mother and brother to America on a music scholarship to a Chicago school after his father was allegedly murdered at his local coal production plant near Odessa.. His recordings of Nickelodeon piano music are historical and significant. His early years in Vaudeville and at The Brooklyn Navy Yard included stints with Lillian Gish, W.C. Fields and many others. In the late 1940�s he was the musical director of the Carnegie Pops Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. He was cited by President Truman for his war contributions for his work o... read more