Moe Jaffe(1901-1972)
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Songwriter ("Bell Bottom Trousers", "The Gypsy in My Soul", "If You Are
But a Dream", "I'm My Own Grandpaw"), composer and author. He came to
the USA in 1902 and was educated at the Wharton School and the
University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he wrote Mask & Wig shows.
He wrote songs for Broadway musicals, including "A Night in Venice" and
"A Wonderful Night". Joining ASCAP in 1929, his chief musical
collaborators included Clay Boland, Nat Bonx, Richard Hardt, Ludwig
Flato, Dwight Latham, ted Weems, Fred Waring, Jack O'Brien, Larry
Fotine, Jack Fulton, Henry Tobias, and Larry Vincent. His other
popular-song compositions include "Collegiate", "If I Had My Life to
Live Over Again", "Oh You Sweet One", "An Apple a Day", "Actions Speak
Louder than Words", "The Morning After", "High School", "These Things
are Known", "Pray", "Get Together With the Lord", "Just Whisper", "My
Lady Won't Be Here Tonight", "That Kind of Love Is Not for Me", "They
Can't Make A Lady Out of Me", "Let Me Love You", "On the Island of
Catalina", "Poetry", "Something Has Happened to Me", "Thanks to You
Mother", "Watch that First Step", "When You Love", and
"Yum-Yum".
