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Tucker, Tommy
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house 1928. Then, as team with Joe Schuster in vaudeville circuit; also on various networks. In music publishing business; coaching work; staging revues and minstrel shows; record­ings. Songs: "Sleep, Baby, Sleep"; "The Dance of the Paper Dolls"; "Maggie, Yes Ma'am (Come Right Upstairs)"; "Maybe, Who Knows?"; "I Know Something, I Wont Tell Ya"; "Am I To Blame"; "The Village Blacksmith Owns the Village Now"; "All I Want Is Y-O-U"; "A Fire Lad­die, Just Like My Daddy"; "Blue Butterfly"; "Don't Shoot the Bar­tender, He Is Half Shot Now"; "Since Finnigin Got Thinagin"; "Congratu­lations"; "The Elephant Rock"; "Without Your Love ; "I Shouldn't Love You (But I Do)"; "Do What Your Heart Tells You To Do"; "When the Old Gang's Home Again"; "Little Old Man"; "Let's Go Dancing To­night." Home: 4915 Skillman Ave., Woodside, N.Y.
Tucker, Tommy, composer, author, conductor, radio and recording artist; b. Souris, N.D., May 18, 1908. ASCAP 1947. Has own popular or­chestra. Songs: "The Man Who Comes Around"; "Love in June"; "No, No, No"; "Cool, Calm, and Col­lected"; "Stars over the Campus"; "Welcome Home"; "Boogie Woogie Train"; "Let Him Live"; "I Love You." Home: Allenhurst, N.J. Ad­dress: c/o ASCAP.
Turk, Roy, author; b. New York, N.Y., Sept. 20, 1892; d. Hollywood, Calif., Nov. 30, 1934. ASCAP 1929. Educ.: Coll. of City of New York. Gave up architecture studies to enlist U.S. Navy, World War I; in service wrote special material for Rock and White, Nora Bayes, and Sophie Tucker. Then joined staff of musical publishing houses as songwriter. To Hollywood for two years with film company. Returned to New York and free-lanced. Back to Hollywood pic-
ture scoring. Songs: "111 Be In My Dixie Home Tomorrow"; "My Sweetie Went Away"; "Gimme a Lit­tle Kiss, Will Ya Huh?"; "Lonesome Tonight"; "I'm Still Without a Sweet­heart With Summer Coming On"; "Walking My Baby Back Home"; "Where The Blue of the Night"; "111 Get By"; "I Don't Know Why"; "Mean to Me"; "Love, You Funny Thing"; "Charleston Back to Charles­ton"; "After My Laughter Came Tears"; "Just Another Day Wasted Away"; ^Oh! How I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You"; "Contented." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Turner, John C. (Happy), composer, author, radio artist; b. Hannibal, Mo., Oct. 18, 1898; d. Denver, Colo., Jan. 19, 1949. ASCAP 1943. Educ.: Han­nibal public schools; business college, La Crosse, Wis. From 1924, radio pianist and singer, various stations in­cluding Station KOA, Denver. Songs: "Who Could Ask For More?"; "Dusty Trail"; "What Are You Goin to Say?'; "A Happy Good Morning to You"; "Baby Eyes"; "Midnight Melody"; "I'm Crying My Eyes Out for You"; "Crying"; "Colorado Moon"; "Keep a Light In Your Window." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Tuthill, Burnet C, composer; b. New York, N.Y., Nov. 16, 1888. ASCAP 1941. Educ.: Horace Mann School, New York, 1905; Columbia Univ., Bachelor of Arts 1909, Master of Arts 1910; Coll. of Music of Cincinnati, Master of Music 1935; Chicago Musi­cal Coll., Doctor of Music (hon.) 1943. Father, architect of Carnegie Hall, amateur cellist. While high school student played first clarinet of Columbia Univ. Orch. 1904; stu­dent conductor, season 1908-09; faculty conductor, 1909-13; conduc­tor Bronx People's Choral Union, 1913-16; assistant conductor, New York Oratorio Spa, 1914-16 and of