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Nathaniel Simons (born 1966) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist. [1] [2] He is the founder of Meritage Group, an investment management firm managing over $12 billion in assets, co-founder of Prelude Ventures, a clean tech investment fund, and is the former co-chair of Renaissance Technologies, one of the largest hedge funds in the world.
Nat Simon (6 August 1900 – 5 September 1979) [1] was an American composer, pianist, bandleader and songwriter. Born in Newburgh, New York , from the 1930s to the 1950s, his songs were used in over 20 films.
"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is a 1953 novelty song, with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and music by Nat Simon. It was written on the 500th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans. The lyrics humorously refer to the official renaming of the city of Constantinople to Istanbul.
[1] [2] However, composer Nat Simon would claim the song's tune came to him while he was dining at the famous Italian restaurant, Mamma Leone's, in Manhattan's Theater District, and that he jotted down a rough draft of the melody on the tablecloth which – with Leone's permission – he took home to work out the completed melody at his piano ...
"Down the Trail of Achin' Hearts" is a country music song written by Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon, recorded by Hank Snow and Anita Carter, and released on the RCA Victor label. In May 1951, it reached No. 2 on the US country charts. [1] It spent 14 weeks on the chart and was the No. 12 country record of 1951 based on juke box plays. [2] [1]
In 1960, the song was a major country-pop hit for The Browns, released as a single early that year.It went on to become a major top-ten hit, spending 15 weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 5, [4] [5] while reaching No. 20 on Billboard ' s Hot C&W Sides, [6] [7] and No. 17 on Billboard ' s Hot R&B Sides.
"An Apple Blossom Wedding" was a 1947 song by American composer Nat Simon and Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy which reached number 1 on the UK's sheet music charts that year. [1] Recordings of the song by Sammy Kaye, Eddy Howard and Buddy Clark were hits on the Billboard sales charts. [2]
The song is a parody of a popular tune well known at the time titled "The Old Lamp-Lighter" by Charles Tobias and Nat Simon, a hit first for Kay Kyser in 1947, and continued to have popular new recordings to 1960. The verses of the original asserted that