Gordon Jenkins

Gordon Jenkins

music department, composer, actor

Gordon Jenkins was born on May 12, 1910 in USA. Gordon Jenkins's big-screen debut came with Easy Living directed by Mitchell Leisen in 1937. Gordon Jenkins is known for Easy Living directed by Mitchell Leisen, Jean Arthur stars as Mary Smith and Edward Arnold as J.B. Ball. Gordon Jenkins has got 1 awards and 4 nominations so far. The most recent award Gordon Jenkins achieved is Grammy Awards. The upcoming new movie Gordon Jenkins plays is The First Deadly Sin which will be released on Oct 03, 1980.

Prolific composer ("Manhattan Tower"), songwriter ("Goodbye"), conductor, arranger and author, educated in public schools and then a banjoist in orchestras and on radio in St. Louis, Missouri, then came to Hollywood in 1938 as music director for NBC and composer of scores for films, radio, and night club revues. He conducted and arranged the Broadway musical "The Show Is On", and composed the Broadway stage score for "Along Fifth Avenue". Joining ASCAP in 1935, his other popular-song compositions include "Blue Prelude", "You Have Taken My Heart", "When a Woman Loves a Man", "P.S. I Love You", "Blue Evening", "Ev'ry Time", "Maybe She'll Remember", "Saddest Man in Town", "San Fernando Valley", "When You Climb Those Golden Stairs", "Homesick, That's All", "Goin' Back to Brooklyn", "Married I Can Always Get", "Daylight Savings Blues", "The Man Who Loves Manhattan", "Once to Every Heart", "How Old Am I?", and "This Is All I Ask".

  • Birthday

    May 12, 1910
  • Place of Birth

    Webster Groves, Missouri, USA

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 4 nominations

Grammy Awards
1966
Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist
Winner - Grammy