About Ted Grouya
Lived 1910 – 2000 (aged 89). Ted Grouya was an American composer, musician and songwriter.
Ted Grouya (31 July 1910 – 14 April 2000) born Teodor Gruia in Bucharest, Romania, was a Romanian-American composer who studied composition with Nadia Boulanger. He wrote the jazz standard "Flamingo", first recorded by Herb Jeffries and Duke Ellington. He also co-wrote the song "I Heard You Cried Last Night."
Grouya also wrote the music for the film version of Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944) and other films. In 1949 he married American actress Mary Meade.
A one time resident of Palm Springs, California, Grouya had a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars dedicated to him in 1995.
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Who was Ted Grouya?
Hollywood composer (1910–2000)
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Ted Grouya was born on 31 July 1910 in Bucharest.
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Ted Grouya died on 14 April 2000.
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Ted Grouya was a composer, musician and songwriter.
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Ted Grouya was American.
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