Larry Russell

Larry Russell (October 14, 1913 – February 14, 1954) was an American composer working mostly in the motion picture industry. He is widely remembered as being one of three writers of the song "Vaya Con Dios", which has been recorded over 500 times. Russell was born in Indiana and had early success with the 1941 song "Oh For Heaven's Sake", recorded on Bluebird Records by Alvino Rey. In 1952, he collaborated with Inez James and Buddy Pepper on "Vaya Con Dios". In 1972, eighteen years after his death and twenty years after the film's first release, he won an Oscar for his score for the Charlie Chaplin film Limelight. (The film was released in 1952, but was not shown in Los Angeles until twenty years later. Under the rules in effect at the time, it was eligible for that year's Academy Awards.) Lawrence S. Russell died in Los Angeles on February 14, 1954.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 14, 1913 (Indiana), Died February 14, 1954 (Los Angeles)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role	Audio
Victor	BS-062779	10-in.	3/28/1941	Oh, for heaven's sake	Alvino Rey Orchestra ; Skeets Herfurt ; Yvonne King	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet	songwriter

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Russell, Larry," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/355940.

Russell, Larry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/355940.

"Russell, Larry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.