films was influential in the field. Her score for The Story of G.I. Joe was the first drama to feature a theme song sung over the credits. She was also the first to produce a record from a film score, which she did with Ladies in Retirement. In 1942, Ronell became the first woman to write both the music and lyrics for a broadway show with Count Me In. "Willow Weep for Me," Ronell's most famous song, has been recorded by such notable artists as Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, Dinah Washington, Ray Charles, Lena Horne, Julie London, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughan, June Christy, and Chad & Jeremy, whose version became a top 20 single hit in 1965. ( Source: Billboard Hot 100 Charts) Family She married producer Lester Cowan. The couple had no children. Significant songs "Baby's Birthday Party" (1930) "There's A Woman With The Man In The Moon" (1931) (lyric by Lu C Bender) "Rain On The Roof" (1932) "Willow Weep for Me" (1932) "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" (1933) Work on Broadway Count Me In (1942) - revue - composer and lyricist The Crucible (1953) - play - composer for the "Lullaby" Blues in the Night (1982) - revue - featured songwriter for "Willow Weep for Me" References External links Ann Ronell Papers, the composer's personal papers in the Music Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Ann Ronell at the Internet Broadway Database American women composers American women jazz musicians American jazz composers Women jazz composers 1905 births 1993 deaths Jazz musicians from New York (state) Jewish American songwriters Musicians from Omaha, Nebraska Musicians from New York City Songwriters from Nebraska Radcliffe College alumni 20th-century American composers Broadway composers and lyricists Songwriters from New York (state) 20th-century American women musicians Jazz musicians from Nebraska 20th-century jazz composers 20th-century women composers 20th-century American Jews Wheaton College (Massachusetts) alumni