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Young, Victor
Through. Songs: "Tea ior Two"; "Bambalina"; "I Want to Be Happy"; "I Know That You Know"; "Some-times I'm Happy"; "Hallelujah"; "Great Day"; "Without a Song"; "Time on My Hands"; "Through the Years"; "Oh, Me, Oh, My, Oh, You"; "Carioca"; "Orchids in the Moon­light"; "Flying Down to Rio"; "Drums in My Heart"; "More Than You Know"; "Rise 'n Shine." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Young, James Oliver (Trummie Young), composer, author, trombon­ist, singer, director; b. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 12, 1912. ASCAP 1943. Musical from childhood. Trombonist in popu­lar orchestras. In 1943, organized own units which became theater, night club, radio and recording at­tractions. Works: "A Lover Is Blue"; "Easy Does It"; "Losers Weepers"; "Taint What You Do"; "Whatcha Know, Toe?"; "I'm in an Awful Mood"; 'Sorta Kinda." Home: Hono­lulu, T.H. Address: c/c ASCAP.
Young, Joseph, author, singer; b. New York, N.Y., July 4, 1889; d. April 21, 1939. ASCAP 1914 (char­ter member; director 1926 to death; assistant treasurer 1928-31; secretary 1931 to death). Educ: New York public schools. Began professional career as card boy in vaudeville theater. Professional singer for music publishing houses; member profes­sional staffs, publishing houses. En­tertainer in World War I. Songs: "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue"; "How You Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm"; "I Kiss Your Hand Madame"; Tm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter"; "I'm Sitting on Top of the World"; "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town"; "Just a Baby s Prayer at Twilight"; "Laugh Clown Laugh"; "My Mammy"; "Ooh That Kiss"; "Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old 'tucky Home"; "Two Hearts Swing in Three Quarter Time"; "You're My
Everything"; "Annie Doesn't Live Here Any More"; "Crying for the Carolines"; "Dinah"; "In a Little Spanish Town"; "Lullaby of the Leaves." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Young, Rida Johnson, author, libret­tist, actress; b. Baltimore, Md., Feb. 28, 1869; d. Stamford, Conn., May 8, 1926. ASCAP 1938. Educ: Wil­son College, Chambersburg, Md. Be­gan professional career as actress with E. H. Sothern, then with Viola Allen Company. Staff writer music publish­ing house. Wrote one act plays Chit-terton, Last of the Cargills; then full length plays and librettos: Lord Byron; Brown of Harvard; Glorious Betsy; Boys of Company B; Bagged Robin; The Lottery Man; Just One of the Boys; The Red Petticoat; Her Soldier Boy; Naughty Marietta; Maytime; Macushla; Sometime; When Love is Young; Lady Luxury; His Little Widows; Captain Kidd, Jr.; The Girl and the Pennant; Little Old New York; My Dream Girl; Shameen Dhu; Isle C Dreams. Author of books: The Girl that Came Out of the Night; Virginal Songs: "Mother Machrce"; "When Love is Young in Springtime"; "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life"; "Italian Street Song"; "I'm Falling in Love With Someone"; "'Neath the Southern Moon"; "Do You Hear Me Calling"; "Will You Remember"; "Sometime"; "My Dream Girl." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Young, Victor, composer, director, violinist, radio and recording artist; b. Chicago, 111., Aug. 8, 1900. ASCAP 1932. Of musical family. To Poland at ten for advanced musical studies Warsaw Cons, of Music, studied with Yarsembsky and Lotto; Diploma of Merit. Advanced studies with Barcesicz and Statkowsky. De­but, concert violinist with Warsaw Philh. Orch. Concert tours of Europe. On outbreak World War I, returned to Chicago; then to Los Angeles to