Henry Creamer(1879-1930)
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("After You've Gone"), composer, author, publisher and
singer, educated in New York public schools. He co-founded the Clef
Club, and joined the Gotham-Attucks Music Company. He joined ASCAP in
1924 and toured the US and Europe in vaudeville with his chief musical
collaborator, Turner Layton. His Broadway stage scores include "Three
Showers", and "Strut, Miss Lizzie". His other popular-song compositions
include "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "Sweet Emmalina My Gal",
"Goodbye, Alexander, My Honey", "Down by the River", "If I Could Be
With You One Hour Tonight" and "My Little Bluebird Was Caught in the
Rain".
