Ignacio “Nacio” Herb Brown, born February 22, 1896 in Deming, New Mexico, was an
American songwriter and composer of musical film scores. He moved to Los Angeles
during childhood and worked as a salesman and realtor while writing music,
achieving his first hits with “Coral Sea” (1920) and “When Buddha Smiles”
(1921). In 1928 he was hired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to write sound-film scores,
frequently collaborating with lyricist Arthur Freed on films such as The Pagan
(1929), which featured “Pagan Love Song”, and the film musical Singin' in the
Rain (1952). His catalog of songs also...