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Cobb, wai d.
Director of K. of C, Michigan. Past eight years organist Detroit Lodge B.P.O.E. Organist St. Mary's Church, Detroit. Songs: "My Michigan" (offi­cial song for State of Michigan); "When It's Night Time in Nevada"; "I Like to go Back in the Evening"; "Step by Step" (official song Amer­ican Legion Dept. of Mich.); "Shoul­der to Shoulder" (official song V.F.W. Dept. of Mich.); "By the Bridge of San Luis Rey"; "When I Dream of the Sweethearts I've Had"; "It Was Christmas in London"; "I Want an Easter Bunny"; "U. of D. Stein Song"; "Christmas Without You"; "Lovely"; "It's Detroit"; "We're the Knights of the K. of C"; "Caravan, Come Along." Home: 1720 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich.
Clinton, Larry, composer, director, arranger, recording artist; b. Brook­lyn, N.Y., Aug. 17, 1909. ASCAP
1937.   Educ.: public school. At fif­teen, first professional engagement as trumpeter. Later, arranger for various orchestras. Organized own orchestra
1938.  World War II, Air Force 1942-46; Captain, Air Force Reserve. Songs: "My Reverie"; "The Dipsy Doodle"; "Satan Takes A Holiday"; "Whoa Babe"; "My Silent Mood"; "Our Love"; "It Took a Million Years." Instrumental pieces: "Mid­night In a Madhouse"; "Boogie Woo-gie Blues", "Strictly for the Persians." Series of studies: "Study in Brown"; "Study in Green"; "Study in Blue." Also author of articles and short stories. Home: Roslyn Heights, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Clokey, Joseph Waddell, composer; b. New Albany, Ind., Aug. 28, 1890. ASCAP 1940. Educ.: Miami Univ., Oxford, Ohio, Bachelor of Arts 1912; Doctor of Letters 1937; graduate in organ and composition Cincinnati Cons, of Music 1915. Teacher of theory and organ, Western Coll. for Women 1919-21; teacher of theory,
Miami Univ., 1915-26; professor of organ, Pomona Coll. and organist at Claremont Coll. 1926-39; dean School of Fine Arts, Miami Univ. 1939-46; now retired. Orch. works: Symphony No 1 in E Minor; Sym­phony No. 2 in G Major (choral). Chamber music: Quintet; Quartet; Trio; Violin Sonata; Cello Sonata. Organ works: Symphonic Fantasy on "St. Patrick's Breastplate"; "Concert Prelude; Cathedral Prelude; Ballade in D; Symphonic Piece for Organ and Piano; Partita for Organ and Piano. Chorus and orch.: The Temple; Missa Festiva; A Canticle of Peace; Christ Conquereth, Nights. Choral works: The Marshes of Glyn; South American Nocturnes; Te Deum. Also twelve Sacred Cantatas; five Operas; Sacred Drama with music, "A Rose from Syria." Author of books: In Every Corner Sing; Outline of Church Music. Home: Claremont, Calif. Ad­dress: c/o ASCAP.
Cobb, George L., composer, author, arranger, b. Mexico, N.Y., Aug. 31, 1886, d. Brookline, Mass., Dec. 25, 1942. ASCAP 1942. Educ.: School of Harmony and Composition, Syracuse Univ. 1905. Won contest for best com­position in Buffalo; member profes­sional staff of Boston publisher for many years. Songs: "Are You from Dixie"; "All Aboard for Dixie"; "See Dixie First"; "Alabama Jubilee"; "Listen to that Dixie Band"; "Just for Tonight"; "Mississippi Volunteers." Instrumental numbers: "Peter Gink"; "Russian Rag"; "After Glow"; "Power and Glory March"; "A Night in India Suite"; "Patrol of the Pelicans." Ad­dress: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Cobb, Wffl D., author; b. Philadel­phia, Pa., July 6, 1876; d. New York, N.Y., Jan. 20, 1930. ASCAP 1927. Educ.: public schools, Philadelphia and New York; Girard Coll. Wrote poetry from school days. Began busi­ness career in New York as sales-