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Johnston, Patricia |
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York, became assistant editor of New York Age, conducting daily column. Contributed to magazines. Fourteen years national secretary N.A.A.C.P. Author of books: autobiography, Along This Way; two books of American Negro spirituals; Negro Americans, What Now?; Black Manhattan; The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (novel); several volumes of poems including Gods Trombones; St. Peter Relates an Incident; many pamphlets and essays. Visiting Professorship of Creative Liteiature Fisk Univ.; trustee Atlanta Univ. and director American Fund for Public Service. Authority on Negro folk music. Translated libretto of Enrique Granados for Spanish grand opera Goyescas produced Metropolitan Opera House 1915. An Anthology of his poems, The Book of American Negro Poetry, set to music as honorary memorial to him. Songs: "Under the Bamboo Tree"; "Since You Went Away"; "The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground"; "The Maiden with the Dreamy Eyes"; "Come Out, Dinah, on the Green"; "Nobody's Lookin' But the Owl and the Moon"; "Tell Me, Dusky Maiden"; "My Castle on the Nile"; "Congo Love Song", "Maid of Timbuctoo"; "Carve Dat Possum"; "The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face"; "The Young Warrior"; "The Awakening"; "Girl of Fifteen"; "Two Eyes"; "Morning, Noon and Night"; "Three Questions." Address: Estate, «•; ASCAP.
Johnson, Philander Chase, author; b. Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 6, 1866; d. Rockville, Md., May 18, 1939. ASCAP 1939. Educ: Cincinnati public schools. Conductor humor and literary columns Merchant Traveler, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. Conducted column "Postscripts" in Post; later editorial contributor to Washington Star, verse and dialogue, "Shooting Stars." Theater reviewer 1915. Author: Sayings of Uncle Eben; |
Now-a-Day Poems; Senator Sorghum's Primer of Politics. Songs: "Somewhere in France is the Lily"; "Our Country First"; "Carry On"; "Old Fashioned Flowers"; "America First"; "Little Boy Sleepyhead"; "Day Dreams of You." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Johnson, William, composer; b. Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 30, 1912. ASCAP 1941. Songs: "Dolimite"; "Swingin On Lenox Avenue"; "Tuxedo Junction"; "Uptown Shuffle"; "Weddin Blues." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Johnston, Arthur James, composer, pianist, organist, conductor, arranger; b. New York, N.Y., Jan. 10, 1898. ASCAP 1927. Educ: Astoria, N.Y., public schools. At fifteen, played piano, motion-picture houses; also church organist, Newark, N.J. At seventeen, pianist, vocal arranger New York publishing house; chief arranger, music publishing house 1922; personal pianist Irving Berlin and gen-i eral music director for his stage productions. To Hollywood 1929, scoring, composing for films, including City Lights. Four trips to England to compose for films and revues. World War II, in 351st Infantry, 1942-43, wrote army show Hut-Two-Three-Four. Songs: "Pennies from Heaven"; "Cocktails for Two"; "Just One More Chance"; "The Moon Got in My Eyes"; "Down the Old Ox-Road ; "Thanks a Million"; "My Old Flame"; "The Day You Came Along"; "Mandy, Make Up Your Mind"; "Learn to Croon"; "One-Two Button Your Shoe"; "Sweet Moon Song"; "Let's Call a Heart a Heart"; "Between a Kiss and a Sigh"; "If I Only Had a Match"; "Ebony Rhapsody; "Song of the South"; "Black Moonlight. Home: Hollywood, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Johnston, Patricia, author; b. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 24, 1922. ASCAP |
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