Arden E. Clar

Actor

Date of birth : 12/28/1915

Date of death : 05/30/1980

City of birth : Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Composer ("Similau"), conductor, pianist and violinist, educated at the Wilson Teachers College and Catholic University (BM, MM). He was pianist and violinist at the Shoreham Hotel in Miami, Florida and a member of its four-piano team. Later he became the music director for Harry Richman. He conducted his own orchestra and was pianist at the Town House in Greenwich, Connecticut. Joining ASCAP in 1959, his chief musical collaborator was Richard Hayman. His other popular-song and instrumental compositions include "Jade", "Voodoo Album", and "Port of Spain".