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Johns, Al
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The Dolly Sisters; Do You Love Me?; I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now; Nightmare Alley; When My Baby Smiles At Me; The Bandwagon; Oh You Beautiful Doll; Dancing in the Dark. Songs: "OO-La-La Wee-Wee"; "Oh How I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You"; "Mama's Baby Boy"; "Roses in December"; "Stop Kicking My Heart Around"; "You'll Be Reminded of Me"; "If I Ever Lost You"; "My Mother's Eyes"; "Baby Blue Eyes"; "Julie"; "Dream­land Rendezvous"; "Let's Get Behind the President." Also books So Help Me; Hello Mama; Sunless Summer; I Had to Open My Mouth. Home: Santa Monica, Calif. Address: 20th Century-Fox Film Corp., Beverly Hills, Calif.
Johns, Al, composer, author; b. Wash­ington, D.C., June 4, 1878; d. Paris, France, June 16, 1928. ASCAP 1947. Entertainer in night clubs in New York and London. Wrote special ma­terial for Mae Irwin, then became musical director of her company. Songs: "If I But Thought You Cared for Me"; "In Spite of All I'll Always Love You"; "I See Your Face in Everything"; "We Can't Always Have the One That We Love"; "Sometime, Someday, Somewhere"; "The Missis­sippi Bubble"; "That Is All"; "In Dahomey"; "Go Way Back and Sit Down"; "Mammy's Little Black Rose." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Johnson, Arnold, composer, conduc­tor, arranger, pianist, radio and re­cording artist; b. Chicago, 111., March 23, 1893. ASCAP 1925. Educ.: Chi­cago public schools; Chicago Musical College, American Cons, of Music; piano, Emil Liebling, Silvio Scionti; composition, Adolph Weidig. Toured R.K.O., Paramount, Loew and Fox Circuits as headline attraction with own band for many years. Musical director for several Broadway shows. Made film shorts for large motion
picture company. Musical director and producer on many commercial radio network shows. Entertained U.S. troops in Europe during World War II. Songs: "Does Your Heart Beat for Me"; "Sweetheart"; "Don't Hang Your Dreams on a Rainbow"; "Good-bye Blues"; "The Lovelight in Your Eyes"; "Lilliokalani"; "Tear Drops"; "All for You." Home: Jackson Heights, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Johnson, Charles L., composer, pi­anist; b. Kansas City, Kans., Dec. 3, 1876; d. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 28, 1950. ASCAP 1941. Educ.: public schools, Kans.; studied piano and harmony. Pianist in Kansas City oi-chestras, hotels, and theaters for twenty years. Had music publishing business, sold it to become staff com­poser and arranger for popular music publishing houses. Songs: "Iola", "Dill Pickles Rag"; "Dream Days"; "Our Yesterdays", "In the Hills of Old Kentucky"; "Sweet and Low"; "When Clouds Have Vanished", "Crazy Bone Rag"; "Jubilee in the Sky"; "If I Only Had a Sweetheart", "Wedding of the Fairies Waltz", "Fairy Kisses Waltz"; "Shadow Time." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Johnson, Edward, composer, trom­bonist, arranger; b. Baltimore, Md., July 12, 1910. ASCAP 1948. Educ.: public schools and private tutors in music. Trombonist for twenty years, wrote and arranged special material for Ethel Waters, Tiny Bradshaw, Cootie Williams, and Lucky Millinder. Songs: "Jersey Bounce"; "Salt Lake City Bounce", "I May Be Crazy But I'm No Fool"; "Saturday Night." Home: 304 W. 121 St., New York 27, N.Y.
Johnson, Horace, composer, critic, editor; b. Waltham, Mass., Oct. 5, 1893. ASCAP 1924. Of musical par­entage. Educ.: Berkshire School; Tufts Coll. World War I, U.S. Navy. Stud-