Albert Gumble

Albert Gumble (b. North Vernon, 1881 - d. November 30, 1946) -- Pianist, songwriter, and composer. In the 1890s, his family moved to from southern Indiana to Cincinnati, where he and his older brother Mose received a music education at the Auditorium School of Music with Herman Froehlich. While in Cincinnati, he also took piano lessons with Clarence Adler, who later taught Aaron Copeland and Richard Rodgers in New York City. Gumble lived in Chicago for short time in the early 1900s, performing and composing his first pieces. By 1906, he was living in Manhattan, where Jerome H. Remick published Gumble's "Double Trouble" march. Other works followed, including his "Bolo Rag," and, in 1909, Remick made his a staff pianist and arranger. A song version of "Bolo Rag" proved more successful than the original instrumental version. At this time, Gumble was putting several songs, working as either the composer or lyricist. One of his successful was "Are You Sincere?" with Alfred Bryan. In 1910 and 1911, Gumble publishing his own "Chancileer Rag," "Georgia Rag," and "Red Rose Rag," which were all re-published as songs. A charter member of ASCAP in 1914, Albert continued to write songs and made piano rolls for Ampico Rythmodick and the A.P.C. Company. Although no longer employed by Remick, he still had some songs published by them, like Alexander's Band is Back in Dixieland" (1919). Gumble also broke into the Broadway scene contributing songs and co-writing the Red Pepper in 1922. Later in his career, he and his brother Mose were part of the Donaldson, Douglas and Gumble firm, for which Albert was an arranger and composer. He also did some work with Warner Brothers. In 1930, he wrote the topical "On Your Tel-tel-television Phone," on the earliest songs to mention television. About a decade later, Gumble was living in the luxurious Hotel Ansonia, where he entertained as a pianist.