B.Mus. in Composition (minor in Piano), Manhattan School of Music

Bobby Blume was raised in Mamaroneck, New York. He achieved an Artist Certificate in flute, piano and composition from Westchester Conservatory of Music and graduated from the Manhattan School of Music. He taught at Cooper Music Studios in Croton-on-Hudson, New York as well as privately. Blume was music director and/or rehearsal pianist in over 100 community theater and semi-professional productions, and was the house pianist at The Comic Strip Nightclub in New York. He orchestrated two musicals and was pianist and musical director for various club acts. He was also an accomplished piano tuner and technician. Blume was a finalist nine times in the American Song Festival Songwriting and Lyric Competition, and received five Honorable Mentions in the Music City Song Festival. He would often accompany Broadway singers in exchange for their participation in his recordings, which he recorded in his Chelsea apartment.

Bobby Blume died of AIDS in New York on February 4, 1984, five days before his 28th birthday. He was one of the first to succumb to the disease then known as Gay Related Immune Deficiency (GRID).

—Joseph Dalton

WORKS:

See Discography

UNCOMPLETED WORKS:
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WRITINGS:
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DISCOGRAPHY:
With Love, Bobby Blume - Manfra Productions BB 8162 (2000)
     Too Much Too Soon Together
     Tell Me
     I Don't Mind The Madness
     If I Tried
     Last Chance In Kansas
     A Cut Above The Rest
     When This Fever Breaks
     Big Girls Out To Know
     Rum And Cokes
     The Picture That Hides The Tears
     Keepin' My Drinkin' (But Leavin' The Man Behind)
     The Road Back To You
Words and Music by Bobby Blume except "Tell Me" and "If I Tried," words by Robin Lamont
Vocals by Robin Lamont, Amy Ryder, Vinnie, Peggy Gordon

Falling For You - Manfra Productions MANN 01 (2000)
     Rock, Stock And Barrel
     Therapy Blues
     When You Threw Christmas Away
     Lovin Takes The Right Of Way
     She Laughs At My Jokes
     Glad I Didn't Fall
     Fool Heart
     Hell Of A Number
     Hung Up On Holdin On
     I'm Not The One
     It Ain't Love
     Falling For You Was A Trip
     The Runaways
     Do You Have To Go
Words and Music by Bobby Blume except "Therapy Blues" and "Glad I Didn't Fall," words by Robin Lamont; and "Hell Of A Number," words by Paulette
Vocals by Joey Jones, Robin Lamont, Peggy Gordon, Crystal, Michael McAssey, Michael Callen, Amy Ryder

UNRELEASED SONGS

A Cut Above The Rest (1983)
Am I Ever Gonna Find Out (1979)
Away Tonight (1978)
(The) Breaks Of Love
City In Your Eyes (1979)
(The) Country's Still In Me (1980)
Do You Want My Love (1979)
Fire (1980)
Guess I Never Really Knew You (1980)
Give Us This Day Our Daily Flesh (year ?)
     Used in the 1986 musical "Confidence Man," music by Jim Steinman, book and lyrics by Ray Earl Fox
I Let It Pass For Love (1982)
If I Had To Do It All Over Again (1980)
I'll Try To Understand (1980)
I'm A Victim Of Broken Premises [sic] (1982)
In Flight (1979)
Into The Night (1980)
It Might Have Been Me (1983)
Jonathan (1979)
Just A Heartbreak Away (1981)
Let's Get Love Back In This Bed Again (1983)
List Of Lovers (1980)
Lost Without His Love (1980)
Lovin' At The Midnight Hour (1979)
Lovin' You Comes Easy (1979)
Lower Rates (1979)
Maybe Tomorrow (1980)
More To Forget (1980)
On My Mind (1980)
Outside Looking In (1980)
Seeing You (1980)
She Wrote You Down In Pencil (1983)
Silence On The Line (1980)
Small Town Lady (1979)
Still Do Something (1979)
Talkin' To Myself (1979)
Too Much Weekend On A Weekday (1980)
Warm As The Night (1980)
You Didn't Pay The Piper (1983)
You Don't Need A Reason (1980)
(You're Movin' To The) Far Side Of Love (1982)
You're Never Gonna Hear Me Say I Love You
You Stole The Thunder (1983)

INSTRUMENTAL

Nicos (1976)
Rio (1977)
Waltz In D Flat (1974)
Song For Mimi (1976)
Three Songs For Mezzo-Soprano with Piano or Orchestral Accompaniment (1975)

VIDEOGRAPHY:
Song in Blume, cabaret at The Duplex, New York, with Michael Callen, Peggy Gordon, Michael McAssey and Amy Ryder, April 1990, Manfra Productions.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Unknown

PERFORMING RIGHTS AFFILIATION:
BMI

RESOURCES:
www.bobbyblume.com
www.manfra.com

MUSICAL EXECUTOR:
Jim Mann
360 West 21st Street Apt. 3D
New York, NY 10011
(212) 647-9440
mikmalfra@nyc.rr.com

OTHER CONTACTS:
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