Byron Gay(1886-1945)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Composer, songwriter ("The Little Ford Rambled Right Along"), musician,
author and explorer, educated at the US Naval Academy (1907-1909). He
was part of the Admiral Byrd expedition in 1933, and he wrote the stage
score for "Navigator's Holiday" for the Naval Air Base in Pensacola,
Florida. Joining ASCAP in 1922, his chief musical collaborators
included Richard Whiting, Zez Confrey, Haven Gillespie, Rudy Vallee,
and Marian Gillespie. His other popular-song compositions include "Sand
Dunes", "The Vamp", "Fate", "Horses", "Just a Little Drunk", "Sitting
on a Log Petting My Dog", "Song of the Navy", "Navy of the Air", "A
Buddie's Prayer" and "The Soul of a Rose".
