Biography

Prolific lyricist ("Ain't We Got Fun?", "Sleepy Time Gal", "Till We Meet Again"), he came to the USA in 1892 and was educated at the University of Michigan. He was a bank clerk, and then a staff writer for Grinnells Music Company in Detroit, Michigan. He wrote songs for the Broadway musicals "Robinson Crusoe, Jr.", "Silks and Satins", "Holka Polka", and "Earl Carroll's Sketch Book". Joining ASCAP in 1917, his chief musical collaborators included Walter Donaldson, Ted Fiorito, Harry Tierney, Richard Whiting and Gus Kahn. His other popular-song compositions include "Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose", "They Called It Dixieland", "Where the Morning Glories Grow", "Japanese Sandman", "In a Little While", "Tea Leaves", "You're Still an Old Sweetheart of Mine", "Some Sunday Morning", "Three on a Match", "Somebody's Wrong", "Tell Me Why You Smile, Mona Lisa", "Dear Old Gal, Who's Your Pal Tonight?", "There Ain't No Maybe in My Baby's Eyes", "I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody", "Downstream Drifter", and "Red-Headed Woman".
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