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Spencer, James Houston
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Eyes"; "Stella"; Tansies Mean Thoughts"; "Dear Heart What Might Have Been"; "Fancies"; "Me Neen-yah"; "East of the Moon, West of the Stars"; "Hearts Desire"; "Prairie Flower"; "Listen to That Irish Rag­time Band"; "In Old Brazil"; "Broad­way Belles"; "Gypsy Land"; "Lost April." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Spencer, James Houston, composer; b. Malone, N.Y., July 28, 1895. ASCAP 1944 Educ: high school, New England Cons, of Music, Boston; composition with C. W. Chadwick and Stuart Mason; organ Henry M. Dunham and Wallace Goodrich; pi­ano with Clayton Johns and Lee Pattison. Theater and church organ­ist, Boston during student days. Head of music department Adrian Coll., since 1921; awarded doctorate in music 1931; Cromwell Fellowship 1938. Founder and twice president Mich. Composers Club. Member Michigan Composers Club, Musician Club of Detroit, American Guild of Organists, National Music Fraternity. Organist and choirmaster Trinity Episcopal Church, Toledo 1945-50. Works: The Song of Solomon, lyrical fantasy for orch., chorus, and three solo voices; Symphony in three move­ments; song-cycle for women's voices; String Quartet; Piano Trio; Suite for orch.; chamber works, organ and piano pieces, and songs. Home: Adrian, Mich.
Spencer, Otis, composer; b. New York, N.Y., Dec. 9, 1890. ASCAP 1922. Songs: "Broadway Rose"; "Waltzing the Scale"; "Coral Sunset"; "Give, Baby, Give"; "There's a Tear On My Pillow"; "Sunnin in the Sum­mer Sun"; "There Are New Faces In Old Places"; "Sun Valley Holiday." Home: 2070 Grand Concourse, Bronx 57, N.Y.
Spencer, Robert, E., composer; b. San Francisco, Calif., Feb. 15, 1902;
d. San Francisco, California, Sept. 14, 1946. ASCAP 1925. Songs: "I Wish I Knew"; "When Night Time Comes"; "Would You Cry"; "Pesticatin*"; "Every Little Thing"; "I'm Walking Around In a Dream"; "Daytime Nighttime and You"; "Hush-A-Bye"; "Boost for the Red, White and Blue." Author of Idol Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Spiakk, Hans, composer, arranger; b. Vienna, Austria, April 17, 1894. ASCAP 1941. To U.S. 1924. Educ: Vienna Cons.; Moscow Cons. Or­chestrated many musical shows for New York production. Works: Fas­cinating Hour, Cloister Meditations; Chanson Algcrienne; Vision; The Tall City; Manhattan Watercolors; Sinfo-nietta; To a Ballerina; The Danube (From a Plane); Piano Concerto. Home: 90 Riverside Dr., New York 24, N.Y.
Spickol, Max, author, cartoonist, ac­tor, director; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 2, 1913. ASCAP 1946. Educ.: high school. Author of radio scripts and special material for radio, stage, and television; also special material for night-club acts and entertainers. Acted with Hebrew Actors Assn. for many seasons in character roles; ap­peared on vaudeville stage as cari­caturist (chalk-talk artist). Plays: Sa You Want My Autograph; What Price Miracle. Songs: "The Canteen Bounce"; "Get In Touch With Me"; "A Cowboy in Khaki"; "He Was Mister Right"; "The John Bull Boo­gie"; "If Only Adam Hadn't Eaten That Apple"; "Honestly"; "A Blue Serge Suit With a Belt in the Back"; "Who's Your Hoosier Honey?"; "Good Night Mother, Good Night Dad"; "There's a Xmas Tree in Heaven"; "Let's Make Up For Xmas"; "Why Waste That Moon?"; "If It's To Be ; "I'm Gonna Dry Ev ry Tear With a Kiss"; "I Dare You; "If I Knew Yesterday What I Know Today"; "The-