Jack Shaindlin was born in Russia, near Odessa, on April 14, 1909, and died on September 22, 1978 in New York City. He began his musical career as a pianist in silent movie halls, after relocating along with his mother and brother to America on a music scholarship to a Chicago school after his father was allegedly murdered at his local coal production plant near Odessa.. His recordings of Nickelodeon piano music are historical and significant.

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