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Manning Sherwin (January 4, 1902 – July 26, 1974) was an American composer. Born inPhiladelphia, Sherwin attendedColumbia University before embarking upon a long career in musical theatre and films.
His most enduring composition is the music for "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square", lyrics byEric Maschwitz, written forNew Faces in 1940. Another wartime success, published in 1939, was "Who's Taking You Home Tonight?", with lyrics byTommie Connor.
He settled in Britain in 1938, and contributed toGeorge Posford'sMagyar Melody. His musicalSitting Pretty, whose main hit was the duet "I'll Take a Little Time", was pulled early due to the outbreak of war, and he countered withGet A Load of This which achieved 698 West End performances (1941-3),Something in the Air (1943-4) (336 performances, plus 163 more in 1944-5), andUnder the Counter (665 perfs in 1945-7). During the war he worked for British cinema, providing the music for hit wartime comedy features such asMiss London.
His last successful musicals wereThe Kid from Stratford (1948-9: 235 performances) andHer Excellency (1949) (jointly composed with Posford, whose real name was Benjamin George Ashwell, perfs 252). A number of his songs also featured in British musical films of the period.
Sherwin died inLos Angeles. He was buried inGrand View Memorial Park Cemetery inGlendale, California.[1]
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