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- Birth namePaul Madeira Mertz
- Paul Mertz was born on September 1, 1904 in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a composer, known for Smoky River Serenade (1947), You Were Never Lovelier (1942) and It Can't Last Forever (1937). He died on October 19, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Arranged the music for nearly all of Gene Autry's films.
- Pianist and arranger. Began in 1922 as a sideman in the first orchestra fronted by the Dorsey Brothers, the Wild Canaries.
- Also a player and arranger with Jean Goldkette and Fred Waring.
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