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Poems of the Mountains (Heights Sublime; Birds at Dusk; Harp of the Pines; Brooklets and Quiet Pools); Fantasy Sonata. Also choral numbers and songs. Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Dillon, William A., author; b. Cortland, N.Y., Nov. 6, 1877. ASCAP 1914 (charter member). Educ: Cortland Normal, Dramatic School; in music with private tutors. In youth member of minstrel show; in vaudeville eight years, touring in U.S. and London with Harry Lauder unit; 1907, appearance before King Edward VII. Due to accident forced to retire from stage and songwriting 1913. Later staged comeback in television. Appeared Carnegie Hall 1946. In business 1917-30 Cortland, N.Y.; theater operator. From 1930, commercial field. World War II, entertainer at Army Camps and Hospitals. Author of autobiography Life Doubles in Brass. Songs: "I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl that Married Dear Old Dad"; "All Alone"; "Every Little Bit Added to What You've Got Makes Just a Little Bit More"; "My Little Girl"; "That Girl of Mine"; "I'll Wed the Girl I Left Behind"; "I'd Rather Have a Girlie than an Automobile"; "The End of the Road"; "Don't Take My Darling Boy Away"; "Keep Your Foot on the Soft, Soft Pedal ; "Me and My Uncle Sam" (first prize winner, national contest); "Every Day is Mother's Day"; "Tell Me What's Your Name?; "Now is the Time." Home: Ithaca, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Dixon, Mort, author; b. New York, N.Y., March 20, 1892. ASCAP 1924. Educ.: DeWitt Clinton High School. Streetcar conductor; vaudeville actor, enlisted in World War I. After Armistice, directed Whiz Bangs, AEF show that toured France. Bank clerk; began songwriting in partnership with Billy Rose. Songs: "That Old Gang |
O' Mine"; "Bam Bam Bamby Shore"; "Follow the Swallow"; "Bye Bye Blackbird"; "Moonbeams, Kiss Her for Me"; "Old Man Sunshine"; "River, Stay Way from my Door"; "I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cent Store"; "Nagasaki"; "I'm Nuts About Nuts"; "Marching Along Together"; "Happiness Ahead"; "Fare Thee Well, Annabelle"; "Did You Mean It"; "Tears From My Inkwell"; "You're My Everything"; "Would You Like to Take a Walk?; "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover"; "OO That Kiss"; "The Lady in Red"; "Mr. and Mrs. is the Name." Home: 32 E. 68 St., New York, N.Y.
Dodd, Jimmie, composer, author, motion-picture actor, singer, orchestra leader; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, March 28, 1910. ASCAP 1946. Educ.: Univ. of Cincinnati; Vanderbilt Univ.; Cincinnati Cons, of Music. Musician in high school band; radio singer and creator of special material for radio and motion pictures. World War II, toured Burma, China, India for U.S.O. Winner $1,000 prize (1951) national contest for a song for Washington, D.C., "Washington." Songs: "Rosemary"; "Nashville Blues"; "Meet Me in Monterey"; "I'm Never Blue in a Blackout"; "My Darlin' Nellie's Grave"; "I Remember Mary"; "Dear Mr. Crosby"; "Oklahoma's Oke With Me"; "Thirty Two Fifty a Month"; "Swingin For My Supper"; "Popcorn Poppin' Time"; "Amarillo"; "Ginny"; "You Remind Me of a Girl Named Ruthie." Home: 1516 N. Serrano, Hollywood 27, Calif.
Dolan, Robert Emmett, composer, conductor, motion-picture and television director; b. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 3, 1906. ASCAP 1946. Educ.: Montreal, Canada, Catholic High School and Loyola College (scholarship). Studied piano with mother,* then with Letonal, Letourneau, Montreal. Studied harmony, counterpoint, |
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