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Walter Donaldson

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Walter Donaldson (February 15, 1893 – July 15, 1947) was a United States prolific popular songwriter and publishing company founder, composing many hit songs of the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, that have become standards and form part of the Great American Songbook. [1]

43 relations: Abe Lyman, Al Jolson, At Sundown (When Love is Calling Me Home), Brooklyn, Buddy DeSylva, Carolina in the Morning, Don't Cry, Frenchy, Edgar Leslie, Film, Follow the Boys, George A. Whiting, George Forrest (author), Glorifying the American Girl, Grant Clarke, Great American Songbook, Gus Kahn, Harold Adamson, Hollywood, How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?, Irving Berlin, Joe Young (lyricist), Johnny Mercer, Little White Lies (1930 song), Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song), Makin' Whoopee, Mitchell Parish, My Baby Just Cares for Me, My Blue Heaven (song), My Buddy (song), My Mammy, Panama Hattie, Piano, Robert Wright (writer), Sam M. Lewis, Santa Monica, California, The Army's Full Of Irish (A Man From Erin Never Runs, He's Irish), The Great Ziegfeld, United States Army, Walter Donaldson (snooker player), What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?, World War I, Yes Sir, That's My Baby (song), You're Driving Me Crazy.

Abe Lyman

Abe Lyman (August 4, 1897 – October 23, 1957) was a popular bandleader from the 1920s to the 1940s.

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Al Jolson

Al or Albert Jolson (born Asa Yoelson; May 26, c.1886 – October 23, 1950) was an American singer, comedian, and stage and film actor.

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At Sundown (When Love is Calling Me Home)

"At Sundown (When Love is Calling Me Home)" is a fox-trot style song written by Walter Donaldson.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017.

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Buddy DeSylva

George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva (January 27, 1895 – July 11, 1950) was an American songwriter, film producer and record executive.

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Carolina in the Morning

"Carolina in the Morning" is a popular song with words by Gus Kahn and music by Walter Donaldson, first published in 1922 by Jerome H. Remick & Co.

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Don't Cry, Frenchy

Don't Cry Frenchy, Don't Cry is a 1919 song written during World War I. The lyrics were written by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young (lyricist), and the music was written by Walter Donaldson.The song was published by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Company in New York City.

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Edgar Leslie

Edgar Leslie (December 31, 1885 – January 22, 1976) was an American songwriter.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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Follow the Boys

Follow the Boys also known as Three Cheers for the Boys is a 1944 musical film made by Universal Pictures during World War II as an all-star cast morale booster to entertain the troops abroad and the civilians at home.

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George A. Whiting

George A. Whiting was a vaudeville song and dance man, and also a writer of lyrics for popular songs during the vaudeville era.

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George Forrest (author)

George Forrest (July 31, 1915 – October 10, 1999) was a writer of music and lyrics for musical theatre best known for the show Kismet, adapted from the works of Alexander Borodin.

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Glorifying the American Girl

Glorifying the American Girl is a 1929 American Pre-Code, musical comedy film produced by Florenz Ziegfeld that highlights Ziegfeld Follies performers.

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Grant Clarke

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

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Great American Songbook

The Great American Songbook, also known as "American Standards", is the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century.

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Gus Kahn

Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist.

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Harold Adamson

Harold Adamson (December 10, 1906 – August 17, 1980) was an American lyricist during the 1930s and 1940s.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?

"How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree?)" is a World War I song that rose to popularity after the war had ended.

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Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin (Израиль Моисеевич Бейлин) Ministry of Culture, Russian Federation – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.

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Joe Young (lyricist)

Joe Young (July 4, 1889 – April 21, 1939) was a lyricist.

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Johnny Mercer

John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer.

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Little White Lies (1930 song)

"Little White Lies" is a popular song.

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Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song)

"Love Me or Leave Me" is a popular song written in 1928 by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn.

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Makin' Whoopee

"Makin' Whoopee" is a jazz/blues song, first popularized by Eddie Cantor in the 1928 musical Whoopee!.

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Mitchell Parish

Mitchell Parish (July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist.

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My Baby Just Cares for Me

"My Baby Just Cares for Me" is a jazz standard written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn.

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My Blue Heaven (song)

"My Blue Heaven" is a popular song written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by George A. Whiting.

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My Buddy (song)

"My Buddy" is a popular song.

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My Mammy

"My Mammy" is an American popular song with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis.

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Panama Hattie

Panama Hattie is a 1940 American musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Herbert Fields and B. G. DeSylva.

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Piano

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.

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Robert Wright (writer)

Robert (Bob) Craig Wright (September 25, 1914 – July 27, 2005) was an American composer-lyricist for Hollywood and the musical theatre best known for the Broadway musical and musical film Kismet, for which he and his professional partner George Forrest adapted themes by Alexander Borodin and added lyrics.

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Sam M. Lewis

Sam M. Lewis (October 25, 1885 – November 22, 1959) was an American singer and lyricist.

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Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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The Army's Full Of Irish (A Man From Erin Never Runs, He's Irish)

The Army's Full Of Irish (A Man From Erin Never Runs, He's Irish) is a World War I song written by Bert Hanlon and composed by Walter Donaldson.

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The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld is a 1936 American musical drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Hunt Stromberg.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Walter Donaldson (snooker player)

Walter Weir Wilson Donaldson (2 February 1907 – 24 May 1973https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname.

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What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?

"What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?" is a popular song by Walter Donaldson and Abe Lyman, published in 1926.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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Yes Sir, That's My Baby (song)

"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" is a popular U.S. song from 1925.

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You're Driving Me Crazy

"You’re Driving Me Crazy" is an American popular song composed (music and lyrics) by Walter Donaldson in 1930 and recorded the same year by Lee Morse, Rudy Vallée & His Connecticut Yankees and Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (with vocal by Carmen Lombardo).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Donaldson

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