George Graff(1886-1973)
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("When Irish Eyes Are Smiling"), author and business
executive, educated at De Witt Clinton High School. He was a charter
member of ASCAP (1914) and his chief musical collaborators included
Jesse Deppen, Ernest Ball, Chauncey Olcott, Caro Roma, Annelu Burns,
and Arthur Penn. His other popular-song and sacred-music compositions
included "As Long as the World Rolls On", "To the End of the World With
You", "In the Garden of Tomorrow", "I Love the Name of Mary", "Till the
Sands of the Desert Grow Cold", "Teach Me to Pray", "I Come to Thee",
"Mother of Pearl", "Little Man", "Who Else But God", and "For the Sake
of Auld Lang Syne".
