Cliff Hess(1894-1959)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Writer
Composer, songwriter, author, publisher and pianist, educated locally
and laer a pianist on Mississippi River boats. He then joined the staff
of several music publishing firms, and was Irving Berlin's secretary
between 1913 and 1918. Later he became an executive for several
recording and publishing companies. Joining ASCAP in 1919, his
popular-song compositions include "Homesickness Blues", "When Alexander
takes His Ragtime Band to France", "I'm in Heaven", "I Used to Call Her
Baby", "Huckleberry Finn", "Freckles", and "Don't You Remember the
Day?"
