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Smith, Clay
York; Broadway to Tokyo; Comin Through the Rye; Birds of a Feather; Tilly's Nightmare; Prince of Bohemia; Summer Widowers; The Henpecks; Hanky Panky; Roly Poly; The Sun Dodgers; Ladies First; first two Greenwich Village Follies; Li'l Mose; Weber and Fields Jubilee. Music pub­lishing executive. Songs: "What's the Matter With the Moon Tonight?"; "France, Glorious France"; "Come My Love to Araby"; "Heaven Will Pro­tect the Working Girl"; "My Tiger Lily"; "When You Ain't Got No Money, You Needn't Come Around"; "It's Love That Makes the World Go 'Round"; "There's a Little Street in Heaven That They Call Broadway"; "Bamboo Bungalow"; "All Alone"; "I Want a Daddy Who Will Rock Me to Sleep"; "China Rose"; "Who Am I Thinking Of?"; "I'm Lonesome for Someone Like You"; "Where the Eidelweiss is Blooming"; "I'll Be Your Valentine"; "White Way in China." Address: Estate, <V ASCAP.
Smit, Leo, composer, b. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 12, 192J. ASCAP 1950. Educ: Curtis Inst. Rec'd Guggen­heim Fellowship in composition, J 950-51; Fulbright Award in piano, 1950-51. Works: Suite from Ballet Virginia Sampler; Seven Characteris­tic Pieces and Variations in G, for piano; Rural Elegy; Christmas Carol; Yerma; Psalm; Rondino in B Flat. Home: New York, N.Y. Address: American Academy, Rome, Italy.
Smith, Anita, composei, author; b. New York, N.Y., Dec. 19, 1922. ASCAP 1950. Educ.: Queens Co'lege, piano, composition scholarship with Karol Rathaus. Works: Piano Adap­tations (Beethoven); Violin Suite; Homage to Gershwin, symphonic suite; Three Settings to Carl Sand­burg; Perambular Funiculi, piano suite; Three Concert Songs (Lind­say); Baroque Mood; Samba Nina; Sao Paulo. Songs: "Heaven Moved
Down to Earth"; "If You Fall in Love"; "I'll Never Tire of You"; "A Stranger's Always Welcome"; "Sim­ple Arithmetic"; "I Looked at Norah"; 'When You Say a Prayer." Home: Ozone Park, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Smith, Beasley, composer, author; b. McEwen, Tenn., Sept. 27, 1901. ASCAP 1945. Educ.: Middle Tenn. Normal School; Peabody College; Vanderbilt University. Organized or­chestra in 1922. Played hotels, clubs, vaudeville circuits. Pianist and ar­ranger in radio; at present and for past twelve years Musical Director Radio Station Nashville, Tenn. Re­ceived Freedom Foundation Award 1950 for song "God's Country." Songs: "Lucky Old Sun"; "Beg Your Pardon"; "The Old Master Painter"; "God's Country"; "Night Train to Memphis"; "Sunday Down in Ten­nessee." Home: 4000 Brushill Rd., Nashville, Tenn.
Smith, Chris, composer, author; b. Charleston, S.C., Oct. 12, 1879; d. New York, N.Y., Oct. 4, 1949. ASCAP 1931. Baker by trade. As a youth, learned to play guitar and piano, then became songwriter. Songs: "Good Morning Carrie'; "Jas­per Johnson Shame on You"; "You're in the Right Church But in the Wrong Pew"; "He's a Cousin of Mine"; "Down Among the Sugar Cane"; "After All That I've Been To You"; "Ballin the Jack"; "I've Got My Habits On"; "Beans, Beans, Beans ; "Constantly"; "Big Cry Baby In the Moon"; "Monkey Rag"; "Long Gone"; "Toot Dixie Bound"; "Black Pattie"; "San Francisco Blues." Address: Es­tate, c/o ASCAP.
Smith, Clay, composer, author, trom­bonist; b. Greencastle, Ind., Aug. 6, 1877; d. Chicago, 111., July 18, 1930. ASCAP 1922. Educ.: public schools