Barbara Belle

American pianist and songwriter, theatrical manager, talent manager and producer
Born November 22, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Married music publisher [a=Lee Newman (3)] (1951-).
Belle received a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University in 1944.
In August of 1943, Anita Rothblum and Belle Einhorn began to register unpublished song copyrights together. In 1945 they finally got some of them published by Tin Pan Alley firms. They then came up with their pen names--Anita Leonard and Barbara Belle. Later, after having a couple of their songs published and co-credited to Louis Prima, Belle became his assistant, songwriter, secretary and general manager.
In 1947 Belle became the youngest female ASCAP member ever (at the time), was composer/lyricist for Louis Armstrong, Lucky Millinder and the McFarland Twins, 1950.
She was manager for Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Gene Williams, Buddy Rich and Fran Warren.
In juvenile court, she met Fran Warren and the two became good childhood friends--they met later as adults and Belle became her manager. She ran the "Barbara Belle Associates" management company. When Keely Smith divorced Louis Prima and left the band in 1961, Belle left with her, becoming her manager. She, her husband and company also managed the Nilsson Twins, Michael Chain, Jimmy Griffin and others.
Belle wrote songs for the musical "Jersey Boys".