Nathaniel Shilkret (1889-1992) was an American composer and conductor. For many years he was "director of light music" for the Victor Talking Machine Company. His best-known popular composition was "The Lonesome Road", which has been recorded by more than one-hundred artists, including Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman.

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The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music (http://www.milkenarchive.org/artists/artists.taf?artistid=190)