12 Facts About Mark Warnow

Mark Warnow was an American violinist and orchestra conductor, who performed on the radio in the 1930s and 1940s.

Mark Warnow was the older brother of composer and bandleader Raymond Scott, born Harry Warnow, and is credited with steering his younger brother into a career in music.

Mark Warnow attended Public School 100 and Eastern District High School, where he was a soloist as a violinist in the school's orchestra.

When he was 17, Mark Warnow became the Massel Opera's musical director.

Mark Warnow enjoyed a lengthy and versatile career with the CBS Radio network.

Mark Warnow was CBS music director in the early 1930s, and hired his younger brother Harry as a keyboardist in 1931.

On July 2,1935, a CBS program debuted with singer Virginia Verrill starring and Mark Warnow's orchestra accompanying her.

Mark Warnow conducted the orchestra on the CBS radio program Your Hit Parade from 1939 to his death in 1949.

Mark Warnow conducted his orchestras for The Jack Berch Show, the "Matinee Theatre" program, and Ed Wynn's "Happy Island" program.

Mark Warnow conducted the orchestra for the "Sound Off" Radio show, 1946, New York City, sponsored by the US Army to encourage post World War II recruitment.

Mark Warnow appeared as himself with his band in the Paramount Pictures release Paramount Headliner: The Star Reporter.

Mark Warnow died October 1,1949, of a heart attack in Polyclinic Hospital in New York City, aged 49.