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McLeod, Keith
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tion" (musical setting by Douglas Moore). Home: 7 Louisburg Sq., Boston, Mass.
McLeod, Keith, composer, author; b. Loveland, Col., April 6, 1894. ASCAP 1943. Educ: Denver Univ., Bachelor of Arts; Denver Law School. Piano with private tutors, Denver, Holly­wood, and New York; organ with Henry Housley of Cathedral of St. John, Denver. Pioneer radio broad­caster, many years musical supervisor N.B.C.; producer of radio shows. Works: "Slumber On"; "My Reveries"; "The Yaller Gal that Winked at Me"; "Dedication"; "Liebestraum." Home: Palm Springs, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
McPhail, Lindsay, composer, author, arranger, conductor; b. Chicago, 111., Nov. 9, 1895. ASCAP 1935. Educ.: Chicago public schools; Columbia School of Music, Chicago, B.M. 1920. Early musical education with father. World War I, 1st. Division, A.E.F. Silver Star Citation from General Pershing. Gassed and after hospital­ization formed orchestra and wrote production, Front Line Revue; toured A.E.F. hospitals in France. Profes­sional pianist, theatres and orch. Special material for radio and motion pictures. Songs: "San"; "Some Little Bird"; "Foolish Child"; "Flag That Train"; "The Swing Waltz"; "What Is Love?'^ "Zoe ; J'Twilight in Granada"; "Reconciled"; "I Want a Dog For Christmas"; "Lookin For the Lost Chord"; "Om"; "The Dan-bury Fair"; "Save a Little Lovin (For a Rainy Day)"; "G'wan Home"; "Play Me a Lonesome Melody"; "Someday." Piano solos: "Some Stuff"; "More Stuff"; "Most Stuff." Also, "There's a New Gang On the Corner" (1950 S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. Folio). Home: 333 W. 56 St., New York 19, N.Y.
MacPherson, Harry, author; b. To-peka, Kan., Sept. 24, 1892, ASCAP
1942. Educ.: Emporia, Kan., public schools; Friends Univ., Wichita. Re­porter, Wichita Eagle, other papers. Writer of verse for magazines and newspapers, including San Diego Sun. Radio script and fiction writer, editor of trade publications. Songs: "Let's Go Places and Do Things"; "Lover, I Cry Over You"; "Roll Along Prairie Moon"; "Ridin to the Rhythm of the Round-Up"; "When a Cowboy Goes to Town"; "Drifting"; "Sundown on the Prairie"; "Ai Viva Tequila"; "Sierra Moonlight"; "That Moon's in My Heart"; "I'm Praying to Saint Christopher." Home: 538 N. Sierra Bonita, Hollywood 26, Calif.
McPherson, Richard C. (Cecil Mack), composer, author and publisher, b. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 6, 1883; d. New York, N.Y., Aug. 1, 1944. ASCAP 1925. Educ.. Norfolk Mission Coll., Norfolk; Lincoln Univ., Lincoln, Pa., Univ. of Pa. (medical), with music as avocation. Studied music and har­mony with Melvin Charlton. Lieut, of infantry, New York Guard. Through long association with Wil­liams and Walker, became active in songwriting and music publishing, or­ganizing own publishing house. Wrote libretto for Swing It (WPA Project 1937). Songs: "Little Gypsy Maid", "Please (Go Way and) Let Me Sleep"; "Look into Your Baby's Eyes and Say Goo Goo"; "All in, Down and Out"; "Josephine, My Jo"; "Good Morning Carrie ; "He's a Cousin of Mine"; "You're in the Right Church but the Wrong Pew"; "Down Among the Sugar Cane"; "(That's Why They Call Me) Shine"; "In the Shadow of the Pyramids"; "Teasing, Only Teas­ing"; songs for stage production Runnin Wild: "Charleston", "Old Fashioned Love"; songs for stage pro­duction Fly Round, Young Laaies: "You for Me, Me for You"; "The Camel Walk." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.