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writers to work in Hollywood in sound era. Scores for Broadway productions Hellzapoppiri; Sons O Fun; Boys and Girls Together. Songs: "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella"; "Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine"; "men I Take My Sugar to Tea"; "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me"; "Was That the Human Thing to Do?"; "How Do I Know It's Sunday?"; "Everyday"; "Hummin' to Myself'; "That Old Feelin'"; "I Can Dream, Can't I?"; "Are You Havin' Any Fun"; "111 Be Seeing You"; "All the Time"; "Happy in Love"; "And There You Are'; "Dear Hearts and Gentle Peo-
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le"; "The Dickey Bird Song"; "Vio-ns from Nowhere"; "Please Don't Say No, Say Maybe." Address: c/o ASCAP.
Fairchild, Edgar, composer; b. New York, N.Y., June 1, 1898. ASCAP 1942. Educ: scholarship pupil, Inst, of Musical Art, New York. Studied composition seven years with Percy Goetschius. Professional pianist in London, then to U.S. Organized piano trio and became active in radio. For several years in Hollywood, scoring motion pictures. Conducts own orchestra in radio network performances. Composer-conductor in motion pictures. Songs: "Gotta Go to Work Again"; "I Made Arrangements with the Moon"; "Gee! It was a Beautiful Song"; "Lady Precious Stream"; "These V That V Those"; "Moon in the Parlor"; "Recipe for Love"; "Are You Listenin' Joe?" Home: 725 N. Roxbury Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif.
Fairman, George, composer, author; b. Front Royal, Va., Dec. 3, 1881. ASCAP 1924. Educ: Columbus, Ohio, public schools. At twelve studied trumpet with Prof. H. Brown, Lancaster, Ohio. Piano self-taught. At fifteen trumpet soloist with minstrels. At seventeen wrote "The Preacher |
and the Bear" (song). Played in cafes and vaudeville theaters coast to coast; also pianist for vaudeville stars. Songs: "Way Down South"; "Kiss Mamma"; "Kiss ^ Papa"; "Hello America Hello"; "Forever and Forever"; "Not in a Thousand Years"; "Swanee Rose"; "I'm Living in a Land of Dreams"; "I Don't Know Where I'm Going, but I'm on My Way"; "If Shamrocks Grow along the Swanee Shore"; "I Think We Have Another Washington and WILSON Is His Name"; "Bo—La—Bo"; "Wor-ryin'"; "Everybody Tells It to Sweeny"; "Down in Memphis Tennessee." Home: Hamilton, Ohio. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Faith, Percy, composer, conductor, arranger; b. Toronto, Can., April 7, 1908. ASCAP 1949. To U.S. 1940; citizen. Educ.: Toronto public schools; Toronto Cons., with Louis Waizman and Frank Wellman. Began musical career at eleven, pianist in picture theater, soon playing in bands; in 1931 conducted own orchestra in radio. Then became staff arranger and conductor C.B.S. Conductor own programs on radio. Works: Music Thru the Night; Cheerio; March of the Junior Scouts; Buy a Bond for Victory; The Snow Goose; Aphrodite; Noche Caribe; Perpetual Notion; Nervous Gavotte; Contrasts; Brazilian Sleighbells; Manon; My Heart Cries For You. Home: Great Neck, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Farley, Edward J., composer, author, recording artist; b. Newark, N.J., July -16, 1904. ASCAP 1941. Educ.: Sacred Heart and St. Benedict Prep School, Newark, N.J. Professional musician with popular orchestras. Organized own orchestra 1935; recorded; had own program on N.B.C. network; toured country with own orchestra. Songs: "Music Goes Round and Round"; "I'm Gonna Clap My Hands"; "There's Something in the |
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