Grant Clarke

born on 14/5/1891 in Akron, OH, United States

died on 16/5/1931 in California, United States

Grant Clarke

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Grant Clarke

Grant Clarke (May 14, 1891, Akron, Ohio May 16, 1931, California) was an American songwriter.

Clarke moved to New York City early in his career, where he worked as an actor and a staff writer for comedians. He began working on Tin Pan Alley, where he contributed music to films such as The Jazz Singer (1927), Weary River (1928), On with the Show (1929) and Is Everybody Happy? (1929).

He wrote the lyrics to the show Dixie to Broadway, and also contributed to the 1921 Ziegfeld Follies and Bombo. Later in his career he became a charter member of ASCAP and was successful in the music publishing business.

Clarke was the author of the lyrics to many popular songs of the 1910s and 1920s, working with composers such as George W. Meyer, Harry Akst, James V. Monaco, Al Piantadosi, Fred Fisher, Harry Warren, Arthur Johnston, James Hanley, Lewis F. Muir and Milton Ager.

Discography

A list of Clarke's most prominent works:

  • Dats Harmony
  • Ragtime Cowboy Joe
  • Hed Have to Get Under
  • When Youre in Love With Someone
  • In the Land of Beginning Again
  • Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia
  • Am I Blue
  • Second Hand Rose
  • Oogie Oogie Wa Wa
  • Dirty Hands, Dirty Face
  • Im a Little Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird

References

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