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"Maybe Shell Write Me"; "Walkin My Baby Back Home"; "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)"; "Navy Blues"; "I Wake Up Smiling"; "Love, You Funny Thing"; "Why Dance?"; "Ill Follow You"; "Sing an Old Fashioned Song (To a Young Sophisticated Lady)'; "Life is a Song"; "There's Frost on the Moon"; "In the Middle of May"; "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter ; "Take My Heart (and Do With It What You Please)"; "The Moon Was Yellow"; "Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Cold of the Day" (Bing Crosby's theme song). Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Akst, Harry, composer; b. New York, N.Y., Aug. 15,1894, of musical parentage (father Maurice, violinist, Metropolitan). ASCAP 1922. Educ: public schools, began piano at five. Before graduation grade school, gave piano recital at Mendelssohn Hall. In second year of high school became professional pianist. Still in his teens, organized a successful orchestral bureau. For four years accompanist Nora Bayes. Entered armed forces in World War I and while at Camp Upton wrote his first song, "My Laddie, featured by Sophie Braslau, concert singer. At Camp Upton, became associate of Irving Berlin and later entered Berlin's employ and became song writer and composer of music for Broadway productions and motion pictures. Also appeared in motion pictures June Moon, 42nd Street. Overseas to entertain armed forces for U.S.O. with Al Jolson in 1943: Caribbean bases, South America, Africa, Sicily, Italy, and the Middle East. Songs: "You Don't Need the Wine to Have a Wonderful Time"; "Dearest I Love You"; "A Smile Will Go a Long, Long Way"; "Hello, Hello"; "Dinah ; "Am I Blue?"; "Baby Face"; "Guilty"; "All My Love"; "No Sad Songs For Me." Home 10,768 Wilshire Blvd., West Los Angeles, Calif. |
Alberti, Solon, composer, conductor; b. Mt. Clemons, Mich., Dec. 6, 1889. ASCAP 1945. Educ.: Chicago Musical Coll., Bachelor of Arts; also with Paul Stove, Karl Rechzeh, Adolph Brune, and Felix Borowski. Conductor Kansas City Grand Opera Society, 1914-19; founder Kansas City Little Symph., conductor of Atlantic City Steel Pier Operas for three summers; conductor Chicago Musical Coll. Symph.; founder and general director of Dramatic Oratorio Festival Foundation, New York. Coached opera and song repertoire in U.S. and in France, Italy and Germany. For the past nineteen summers conducted "Master-classes" in singing in Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, Omaha, Salt Lake City, Memphis, Wichita Falls, Boise, and Houston. Toured with Kullman, Bonelli, Mel-chior, Meisle, Althouse, Homer, Hack-ett, Zanelli, Alda, Ruffo, Middleton, and de Luca. Treasurer of The Bohemians, New York City; Pres. of New York Singing Teachers' Assoc. Songs: "Four Sketches from the Far East"; "The Gypsy", "Trees"; "Oriental Serenade"; "The Hour"; "M^ Lady Sleeps"; "A Nation's Prayer'; translated, arranged and adapted The Way of the Cross by Alexandre Georges. Home: 2107 Broadway, New York 23, N.Y. |
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Albrecht, Elmer, composer; b. Chicago, 111., June 21,1901. ASCAP 1942. Educ: Chicago Public Schools. Studied piano with Louise Staffeld and Howard Wells. Organist and pianist, theaters, orchestras. Organized own band. Songs: "Elmer's Tune"; "How Can I Live Without You?"; "How Was I to Know?"; "Sea Shells on the Shore"; "Take the Whole Darn Farm"; "You're In It—I'm In It Too"; "Don't Ever Darken My Door"; '"Elmer Done It Again"; "Memories of an Old Bouquet." Home: 4715 N. Washtenaw Ave., Chicago, 111. |
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