Bernie Baum

Bernie Baum (October 13, 1929 – August 28, 1993) was a songwriter who worked extensively with Elvis Presley. He grew up in New York City and later worked with Harvey Zimmerman (better known as Bill Giant) and Florence Kaye. The majority of their songs were used in Presley's musicals. He and his two collaborators also wrote a theme music package for the NBC Weekend radio service called "Monitor" in 1965. Their work was also credited in the American version of Osamu Tezuka's anime Kimba the White Lion (1965). He had a #1 Hit with his song "Music! Music! Music!", Teresa Brewer's B side recording which unexpectedly took off, selling over a million copies and becoming Teresa's signature song with his other works included:

  • Roustabout
  • (You're the) Devil in Disguise
  • Viva Las Vegas (The title track was written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman.)
  • Fun in Acapulco
  • Girls! Girls! Girls!
  • It Happened at the World's Fair
  • Kissin' Cousins
  • Girl Happy
  • Harum Scarum
  • Frankie and Johnny
  • Paradise, Hawaiian Style
  • Spinout
  • Easy Come, Easy Go
  • Double Trouble
  • Live a Little, Love a Little
  • "Music! Music! Music!"

Birth and Death Data: Died August 28, 1993

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor E0VB-3326 10-in. 1/18/1950 (Put another nickel in) Music! Music! Music! June Carter Cash ; Homer and Jethro Mixed vocal trio, with string band songwriter  
Victor E0VB-3522 10-in. 1/23/1950 (Put another nickel in) Music! Music! Music! Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Merv Griffin ; Martin Men Male vocal solo, with male vocal group and instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor E0VB-3999 10-in. 4/7/1950 Love me a little bit The Honeydreamers ; Lisa Kirk Female vocal solo, with mixed vocal group and instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor E0VB-4307 10-in. 5/1/1950 I'll get myself a choo-choo train (and go far, far away) The Honeydreamers ; Henri René Mixed vocal group, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor E0RB-4831 10-in. 6/21/1950 Classical juke box Boston Pops Orchestra ; Arthur Fiedler Orchestra songwriter  
Victor E0VB-4903 10-in. 6/19/1950 Let's make love Fran Warren Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band songwriter  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Baum, Bernie," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/357106.

Baum, Bernie. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/357106.

"Baum, Bernie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/357106

External Sources

Wikipedia: Bernie Baum

Discogs: Bernie Baum

RISM: Bernie Baum

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Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Baum, Bernie - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008004290

Wikidata: Bernie Baum - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4894335

VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/78245473

MusicBrainz: Bernie Baum - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e4134e99-ea11-4c4b-a9fe-274eb2663aa4

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