Born: 3 December 1909, United States
Died: 16 October 1987
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Dana DeLinks, Sally of Tin Pan Alley,” Nadine Dana Suesse
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1909 December 3 Born Nadine Dana Suesse in Kansas City, Misourri, to Nina Louise Quarrier (1886-1945) and Julius C. Suess (1877-1942)
1916 Soloist in vaudeville performance Nadine Suesse – The Child Musical Wonder at the Empress Theatre
circa 1919 Began piano studies with Gertrude Concannon and organ with Hans Feil in Kansas City
1923 Received prize for original piano composition “Novellette” from the Missouri Federation of Music Clubs
1926 Moved to Greenwich Village in New York City
1927 January 13 Copyrighted her first song, “I Want the World for You,” a collaboration with Ethel Park Richardson
1927 Began studying piano with Alexander Siloti and composition with Rubin Goldmark
1928 July 2 Copyrighted “Syncopated Love Song,” which T. B. Harms published the following year
1930 October Composed music for Billy Rose’s revue Sweet and Low
1931 Staff composer, Famous Music. Composed “Whistling in the Dark,” with lyrics by Allen Boretz; recorded by Guy Lombardo for Brunswick Records and Rudy Vallée for Victor Records. Composed “Ho Hum,” with lyrics by Edward Heyman; recorded by the Hal Kemp Orchestra
1932 Jazz Nocturne published by Famous Music; republished as “My Silent Love,” with lyrics by Edward Heyman. Joined the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
1932 November 4 Performed Concerto in Three Rhythms, orchestrated by Ferde Grofé, in Paul Whiteman’s concert. Fourth Experiment in Modern Music
1933 March Staff Composer, T. B. Harms
1933 September 10 Performed with Paul Whiteman’s orchestra at Madison Square Garden
1933 December 15 Debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in Paul Whiteman’s concert Sixth Experiment in Modern Music
1934 Composed “You Oughta Be in Pictures,” with lyrics by Edward Heyman
1934 October 28 Guest on George Gershwin’s WABC radio show Music by Gershwin
1936 Composed music, including “The Night Is Young and You’re So Beautiful,” for Billy Rose’s Revue Casa Mañana, which premiered at the Fort Worth Frontier Centennial on July 18
1937 May Composed music for Billy Rose’s Aquacade, which premiered at the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland, Ohio
1939 February 17 Staff composer, Robbins Music Corp.
1939 Summer Collaborated with Harold Adamson on “This Changing World”
1939 July Young Man with a Harp premiered by Casper Reardon and the Philadelphia Orchestra
1940 March 4 Accompanied Reardon on Young Man with a Harp at a Cabinet dinner held by Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
1940 July 6 Married Courtney Burr (June 29, 1954)
1941 March Composed music for Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe revues, including Venus on the Halfshell and The Toast of the Town
1942 The Cocktail Suite published by G. Schirmer, Inc.
1947 January 21 It Takes Two premiered in Boston
1947 November 1-1950 September Studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris
1956 Recorded Concerto in Rhythm, later retitled Jazz Concerto in D, at Nola Studios with Cy Coleman
1956 May 1 Performed with Vernon Duke for the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
1970 April 14 Moved to New London, Connecticut, after a short stay in Niantic, Connecticut
1971 April 16 Married Charles Edwin Delinks (1912-1981)
1974 December 11 Performed with Cy Coleman and the American Symphony Orchestra at a benefit concert of her works at Carnegie Hall
1975 July Compositions featured in a concert series at the Newport Music Festival
1975 Moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands with Delinks
1982 Spring Moved to Manhattan after a short stay in Shreveport, Louisiana
1987 October 16 Died in New York