Harry Akst
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Harry Akst was an American
songwriter
, who started out his career as a pianist
in vaudeville
accompanying singers such as Nora Bayes
, Frank Fay
and Al Jolson
.
, United States
.
For four years, he worked for Bayes. Then in 1916, he enlisted in the army
and was at Camp Upton
when he met Irving Berlin
(in 1921 they would write "Home Again Blues"). His most notable success came with the song he wrote in 1925 with Sam M. Lewis
and Joe Young: "Dinah
". It would go on to multiple hit recordings by Bing Crosby
, The Boswell Sisters, Ethel Waters
, Fats Waller
, Louis Armstrong
, The Mills Brothers
, Sam Donahue
, and Ted Lewis
.
His movie scores include Bulldog Drummond
, The Squall, This Is Heaven, On With The Show, Broadway Babies
, Mississippi Gambler, No, No, Nanette
, Song of the West, The Song of the Flame, Lethernecking, Palmy Days
, The Kid From Spain
, Dinah, Professional Sweetheart, Glamour, Stand Up and Cheer!
, Change of Heart
, The Silver Streak, Paddy O'Day, Star For A Night
, Fight For Your Lady, Up the River
, Battle of Broadway, Island in the Sky
, Harvest Melody, Rosie the Riveter
and This Time For Keeps
.
Akst worked on the Broadway
production of Artists and Models (1927), eventually moving to Hollywood to continue songwriting for Broadway musicals. He appeared as the rehearsal pianist "Gerry" in 42nd Street
(1933).
Harry Akst died in Hollywood, California
, on March 31, 1963, at the age of 69.
He was inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame
in 1983.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, who started out his career as a pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
in vaudeville
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
accompanying singers such as Nora Bayes
Nora Bayes
Nora Bayes was a popular American singer, comedienne and actress of the early 20th century.-Early life and career:...
, Frank Fay
Frank Fay (American actor)
Frank Fay was an American film and stage actor, emcee, comedian, best known as an actor for having played "Elwood P. Dowd" in the play Harvey by the American playwright Mary Coyle Chase on Broadway...
and Al Jolson
Al Jolson
Al Jolson was an American singer, comedian and actor. In his heyday, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer"....
.
Life and career
Akst was born in New YorkNew York City
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, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
For four years, he worked for Bayes. Then in 1916, he enlisted in the army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
and was at Camp Upton
Camp Upton
Camp Upton was an installation of the United States Army located in Yaphank on Long Island in Suffolk County, New York. It was located near Camp Mills.-History:...
when he met Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
(in 1921 they would write "Home Again Blues"). His most notable success came with the song he wrote in 1925 with Sam M. Lewis
Sam M. Lewis
Sam M. Lewis was a Jewish-American singer and lyricist, born in New York City, New York as Samuel Levine-Biography:...
and Joe Young: "Dinah
Dinah (song)
"Dinah" is a popular song. The music was written by Harry Akst, and the lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. It was introduced by Eddie Cantor in Kid Boots in Pittsburgh...
". It would go on to multiple hit recordings by Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....
, The Boswell Sisters, Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters was an American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage and in concerts, although she began her career in the 1920s singing blues.Her best-known recordings includes, "Dinah", "Birmingham Bertha",...
, Fats Waller
Fats Waller
Fats Waller , born Thomas Wright Waller, was a jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer...
, Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....
, The Mills Brothers
Mills Brothers
The Mills Brothers, sometimes billed as The Four Mills Brothers, were an American jazz and pop vocal quartet of the 20th century who made more than 2,000 recordings that combined sold more than 50 million copies, and garnered at least three dozen gold records...
, Sam Donahue
Sam Donahue
Sam Donahue was an American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist, trumpeter and musical arranger. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he is probably best known for his work with Gene Krupa, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Billy May, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, and many others.He is the father of guitarist Jerry...
, and Ted Lewis
Ted Lewis (musician)
Theodore Leopold Friedman, better known as Ted Lewis , was an American entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician. He led a band presenting a combination of jazz, hokey comedy, and schmaltzy sentimentality that was a hit with the American public. He was known by the moniker "Mr...
.
His movie scores include Bulldog Drummond
Bulldog Drummond
Bulldog Drummond is a British fictional character, created by "Sapper", a pseudonym of Herman Cyril McNeile , and the hero of a series of novels published from 1920 to 1954.- Drummond :...
, The Squall, This Is Heaven, On With The Show, Broadway Babies
Broadway Babies
Broadway Babies, aka Broadway Daddies and Ragazze d'America , is a black and white 1929 American musical film. This was Alice White's first ever talking movie.-Taglines:The film's various taglines include:...
, Mississippi Gambler, No, No, Nanette
No, No, Nanette
No, No, Nanette is a musical comedy with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, music by Vincent Youmans, and a book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, based on Mandel's 1919 Broadway play My Lady Friends...
, Song of the West, The Song of the Flame, Lethernecking, Palmy Days
Palmy Days
Palmy Days is a 1931 musical comedy written by Eddie Cantor, Morrie Ryskind, and David Freedman, directed by A. Edward Sutherland, and choreographed by Busby Berkeley...
, The Kid From Spain
The Kid from Spain
The Kid from Spain is a 1932 comedy film directed by Leo McCarey starring Eddie Cantor involving bullfighting. Songs were composed by Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar. Noteworthy are the musical scenes, directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley....
, Dinah, Professional Sweetheart, Glamour, Stand Up and Cheer!
Stand Up and Cheer!
Stand Up and Cheer! is a 1934 American musical film directed by Hamilton MacFadden. The screenplay by Lew Brown and Ralph Spence was based upon a story idea by Will Rogers and Philip Klein. The film is about efforts undertaken during the Great Depression to boost the morale of the country...
, Change of Heart
Change of Heart
- Film :* Change of Heart , a 1934 film starring Janet Gaynor- Music :* Change of Heart , a Canadian alternative rock band* A Change of Heart , 1987 album by David Sanborn...
, The Silver Streak, Paddy O'Day, Star For A Night
Star for a Night
Star for a Night is a British television singing competition that ran for five annual episodes from 1999 to 2002. It was presented by Jane McDonald and the judges were Nigel Martin Smith and Barbara Windsor.-Famous alumni:...
, Fight For Your Lady, Up the River
Up the River
Up the River is a Pre-Code comedy film about escaped convicts, directed by John Ford and featuring Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart in their feature film debuts.-Plot:...
, Battle of Broadway, Island in the Sky
Island in the Sky
Island in the Sky or may refer to:*Island in the Sky , 1953 film starring John Wayne*Island in the Sky *Island in the Sky, the Ernest K...
, Harvest Melody, Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States, representing the American women who worked in factories during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who were in the military...
and This Time For Keeps
This Time for Keeps
This Time for Keeps is an American romantic musical film released in 1947 and produced by MGM. It is about a soldier, returning home from war who does not wish to work for his father's opera company or to continue his relationship with his pre-war lover. It stars Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante,...
.
Akst worked on the Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
production of Artists and Models (1927), eventually moving to Hollywood to continue songwriting for Broadway musicals. He appeared as the rehearsal pianist "Gerry" in 42nd Street
42nd Street (film)
-Cast:*Warner Baxter as Julian Marsh, director*Bebe Daniels as Dorothy Brock, star*George Brent as Pat Denning, Dorothy's old vaudeville partner*Ruby Keeler as Peggy Sawyer, the newcomer*Guy Kibbee as Abner Dillon, the show's backer...
(1933).
Harry Akst died in Hollywood, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, on March 31, 1963, at the age of 69.
He was inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond. The goal is to create a museum but as of April, 2008, the means do not yet exist and so instead it is an online...
in 1983.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Song(s) | |
| 1929 | Frances Shelley and the Four Eton Boys | "Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | |
| Saturday's Children | "I Still Believe In You" | ||
| Bulldog Drummond Bulldog Drummond (1929 film) Bulldog Drummond is a detective film which tells the story of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer bored with civilian life, who investigates an extortion case for a beautiful girl. The film stars Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love, Wilson Benge, Joan... |
"(I Says To Myself Says I) There's The One For Me" | ||
| This Is Heaven | "This Is Heaven" | ||
| On with the Show On with the Show (1929 film) On with the Show! is a 1929 American musical film released by Warner Bros. The film is noted as the first ever all-talking all-color feature length movie, and the second color movie released by Warner Bros.; the first was a partly color, black-and-white musical, The Desert Song . -Plot:With unpaid... |
"Welcome Home", "Let Me Have My Dreams", "Am I Blue?", "Lift the Juleps to Your Two Lips", "In the Land of Let's Pretend", "Don't It Mean a Thing to You?", "Birmingham Bertha", "Wedding Day" | ||
| She Goes to War | "Joan", "There Is a Happy Land' | ||
| Segar Ellis and His Embassy Club Orchestra | "Am I Blue?" | ||
| Broadway Babies Broadway Babies Broadway Babies, aka Broadway Daddies and Ragazze d'America , is a black and white 1929 American musical film. This was Alice White's first ever talking movie.-Taglines:The film's various taglines include:... |
"Wishing and Waiting for Love", "Jig, Jig, Jigaloo" | ||
| So Long Letty | "Am I Blue", "Let Me Have My Dreams", "Clowning", "My Beauty Shop", "My Stronngest Weakness Is You", "One Sweet Little Yes" | ||
| Is Everybody Happy? | "Wouldn't It Be Wonderful?", "I'm The Medicine Man For The Blues", "Samoa", "New Orleans", "In The Land Of Jazz", "Start The Band" | ||
| The Mississippi Gambler | "Father Mississippi" | ||
| The Show of Shows The Show of Shows (film) The Show of Shows is a lavish all talking Vitaphone musical revue film which cost $850,000 to make. The Show of Shows was Warner Bros. fifth color movie, the first four were The Desert Song , On With the Show , Gold Diggers of Broadway and Paris . This movie featured most of the contemporary... |
"Just an Hour of Love", "Your Love is All I Crave" | ||
| The Sacred Flame | "The Sacred Flame" | ||
| Glorifying the American Girl Glorifying the American Girl Glorifying the American Girl is a 1929 musical comedy film produced by Florenz Ziegfeld that highlights Ziegfeld Follies performers. The last third of the film is basically a Follies production, with cameo appearances by Rudy Vallee, Helen Morgan and Eddie Cantor.The script for the film was... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited) | ||
| The Squall | "Gypsy Charmer" | ||
| 1930 | Minstrel Days | "Nobody Cares If I'm Blue" | |
| The Jazz Rehearsal | "Wouldn't It Be Wonderful" | ||
| Bubbles | "In the Land of Let's Pretend" | ||
| No, No, Nanette | "As Long As I'm with You" | ||
| Loose Ankles | "Am I Blue?" | ||
| Song of the West Song of the West (film) Song of the West is a musical operetta film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was based on the 1928 musical play Rainbow by Oscar Hammerstein II and Laurence Stallings and was the first all-color all-talking feature to be filmed entirely outdoors. The film starred John Boles, Joe E. Brown... |
"Come Back to Me" | ||
| Song of the Flame Song of the Flame (film) Song of the Flame is a musical operetta film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was the first color film to feature a widescreen sequence using a process called Vitascope, the trademark name for Warner Bros.' widescreen process... |
"The Goose Hangs High", "Liberty Song", "Passing Fancy", "Petrograd", "One Little Drink" | ||
| Dancing Sweeties | "Wishing and Waiting For Love" | ||
| Leathernecking | "All My Life" | ||
| Bright Lights | "Nobody Cares If I'm Blue" | ||
| Check and Double Check Check and Double Check Check and Double Check is a 1930 comedy film made and released by RKO Pictures based on the then-popular Amos 'n' Andy radio show. The title was derived from a catchphrase associated with the show.-Production:... |
"Am I Blue?" | ||
| The Booze Hangs High The Booze Hangs High The Booze Hangs High released in 1930, is the fourth title in the Looney Tunes series and features Bosko, Warner Bros.' first cartoon character.-Plot:... |
"One Little Drink" (uncredited) | ||
| Golden Dawn Golden Dawn (film) Golden Dawn is a musical operetta released by Warner Brothers and photographed entirely in Technicolor. The film is based on the semi-hit stage musical of the same name by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach.-Songs:... |
"Africa Smiles No More", "Mooda's Song", "My Heart's Love Call", "In a Jungle Bungalow" | ||
| 1931 | Husband's Holiday | "What Price Love?" | |
| Peach-O-Reno | "From Niagara Falls to Reno" (uncredited) | ||
| Palmy Days Palmy Days Palmy Days is a 1931 musical comedy written by Eddie Cantor, Morrie Ryskind, and David Freedman, directed by A. Edward Sutherland, and choreographed by Busby Berkeley... |
There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby" (uncredited) | ||
| 1932 | Artistic Temper | "That's What Heaven Means to Me" | |
| High Pressure | "I Can't Get Mississippi Off My Mind" (uncredited) | ||
| Big-Hearted Bosko | "Am I Blue?" | ||
| The Yacht Party | "Dinah" (uncredited) | ||
| A Modern Cinderella | "Dinah" | ||
| Rockabye Rockabye (1932 film) Rockabye is a 1932 American drama film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Jane Murfin is based on a play by Lucia Bronder.-Plot:When stage actress Judy Carroll testifies on behalf of her former lover, accused embezzler Al Howard, she loses custody of Elizabeth, an orphan she had planned to... |
"Till the Real Thing Comes Along" (uncredited) | ||
| The Half-Naked Truth The Half-Naked Truth The Half-Naked Truth is a pre-Hayes Code comedy directed by Gregory LaCava and featuring Lee Tracy as a carnival pitchman who finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer played by Lupe Vélez, into a major Broadway revue under the auspices of an impresario portrayed by Frank... |
"O! Mister Carpenter" (uncredited) | ||
| 1933 | Dinah | "Dinah" | |
| Broadway Bad | "Forget the Past" | ||
| Young and Healthy | "Am I Blue?" | ||
| 42nd Street 42nd Street (film) -Cast:*Warner Baxter as Julian Marsh, director*Bebe Daniels as Dorothy Brock, star*George Brent as Pat Denning, Dorothy's old vaudeville partner*Ruby Keeler as Peggy Sawyer, the newcomer*Guy Kibbee as Abner Dillon, the show's backer... |
Performer in "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" (uncredited) | ||
| The Keyhole The Keyhole -Cast:* Kay Francis as Ann Brooks* George Brent as Mr. Neil Davis* Glenda Farrell as Dot* Monroe Owsley as Maurice Le Brun* Allen Jenkins as Hank Wales* Helen Ware as Portia Brooks* Henry Kolker as Schuyler Brooks* Ferdinand Gottschalk as Brooks' Lawyer... |
"Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | ||
| Diplomaniacs | "Ood-Gay Eye-bay", "Sing To Me", "On the Boulevard", "No More War" | ||
| Lilly Turner Lilly Turner Lilly Turner is a 1933 melodrama about a woman who marries a bigamist, then a drunk, and falls in love with another man, all while working at a carnival... |
"Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | ||
| Professional Sweetheart | "My Imaginary Sweetheart" | ||
| I Loved You Wednesday | "Roll Your Bones" | ||
| Baby Face Baby Face (film) Baby Face is a 1933 American dramatic film directed by Alfred E. Green, and starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent. Based on a story by Darryl F. Zanuck , this sexually-charged, Pre-Code Hollywood film is about an attractive young woman who uses sex to advance her social and financial status... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited) | ||
| Rafter Romance Rafter Romance Rafter Romance is a 1933 RKO romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter. The film, which was based on the novel of the same name by John Wells, stars Ginger Rogers and Norman Foster and features George Sidney, Laura Hope Crews, Guinn Williams and Robert Benchley.-Plot:Mary Carroll is a... |
"Dinah" (uncredited) | ||
| Rufus Jones for President Rufus Jones for President Rufus Jones for President is a 1933 satirical musical-comedy short subject directed by Roy Mack, starring Ethel Waters and Sammy Davis, Jr. in his first onscreen appearance... |
"Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | ||
| Melodía prohibida | "Pais ideal (The Islands Are Calling Me)", "Siempre (Till the End of Time)", "La melodía prohibida", "La canción del paria (Derelict Song)" | ||
| The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon | "Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | ||
| Plane Nuts Plane Nuts Plane Nuts is the fourth of five short subjects starring Ted Healy and His Stooges released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A musical-comedy film, the short also featured Bonnie Bonnell as Healy's love interest.... |
"Dinah" (uncredited) | ||
| Roman Scandals Roman Scandals Roman Scandals is a 1933 black-and-white American musical film starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold and David Manners. It was directed by Frank Tuttle.... |
"Dinah" (uncredited) | ||
| Sittin' on a Backyard Fence | "Am I Blue?" | ||
| 1934 | Glamour | "Heaven on Earth" | |
| Stand Up and Cheer! Stand Up and Cheer! Stand Up and Cheer! is a 1934 American musical film directed by Hamilton MacFadden. The screenplay by Lew Brown and Ralph Spence was based upon a story idea by Will Rogers and Philip Klein. The film is about efforts undertaken during the Great Depression to boost the morale of the country... |
"Stand Up And Cheer!" | ||
| Let's Talk It Over | "Heaven on Earth" | ||
| The Loudspeaker The Loudspeaker The Loudspeaker is a 1934 American film directed by Joseph Santley.The film is also known as The Radio Star in the United Kingdom.- Cast :*Ray Walker as Joe Miller*Julie Bishop as Janet Melrose*Charley Grapewin as Pop Calloway... |
"Who But You", "Doo Ah Doo Ah Know What I'm Doing" | ||
| Now I'll Tell Now I'll Tell Now I'll Tell is a 1934 American drama film starring Spencer Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees, and Alice Faye. The film was directed and written by Edwin J. Burke and is based on a novel by Mrs. Arnold Robinson. The film is about a gambler who gets in trouble with the mob by fixing fights and loses his... |
"Fooling with the Other Woman's Man", "Harlem Versus the Jungle" | ||
| The Cat's-Paw The Cat's-Paw The Cat’s-Paw is a 1934 comedy film starring Harold Lloyd and directed by Sam Taylor. It was one of the great silent film comedian’s few sound films.... |
"I'm Just That Way" | ||
| The Man with Two Faces | "Am I Blue?" | ||
| Pursued | "Wanted - Someone (When the Right One Comes Along)" | ||
| Chained Chained (1934 film) Chained is a 1934 motion picture directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Otto Kruger. The plot concerns a kept woman who finds herself drawn to a charismatic South American rancher while aboard a cruise, all the while still harboring feelings for her married lover... |
"Dinah" | ||
| Marie Galante Marie Galante (film) Marie Galante is a 1934 American film directed by Henry King adapted from a French musical Marie Galante.- Cast :*Spencer Tracy as Dr... |
"On a Little Side Street", "Je t'adore" | ||
| The Flame Song | "One Little Drink" | ||
| Change of Heart Change of Heart (1934 film) Change of Heart is a 1934 American drama film starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, James Dunn, and Ginger Rogers. The movie, about a quartet of college chums who all move to 1934 New York City, was written by James Gleason and Sonya Levien from Kathleen Norris's novel, Manhattan Love Song and... |
"So What?" (uncredited) | ||
| 1935 | Under the Pampas Moon | "Je t'adore" | |
| After the Dance | "Tomorrow Night" (uncredited), "Without You I'm Just Drifting" (uncredited) | ||
| Bright Lights Bright Lights (1935 film) Bright Lights is a 1935 film directed by Busby Berkeley.... |
"Nobody Cares If I'm Blue" | ||
| Paddy O'Day | "Which is Which" | ||
| Tuned Out | "Dinah" (uncredited) | ||
| 1936 | Trouble in Toyland | "Dinah" (uncredited) | |
| Can This Be Dixie? | "Pick Pick Pickaninny", "Uncle Tom Is a Cabaret Now", "Does You Wanna Go To Heaven?", "It's Julep Time in Dixieland" | ||
| Rose Marie Rose Marie (films) The 1924 Broadway musical Rose-Marie has been the basis of three MGM films of the same title. The best-known film adaptation was released in 1936; however, a silent version was released in 1928 and another film was released in 1954. All three versions are set in the Canadian wilderness... |
"Dinah" (uncredited) | ||
| The Music Goes 'Round | "Rolling Along", "This Is Love", "Let's Go", "Suzannah", "There'll Be No South" | ||
| Star for a Night | "Over a Cup of Coffee", "Down Around Malibu Way", "Holy Lie Production Routine #1", "At the Beach at Malibu (Hullabaloo at Malibu)" | ||
| Little Beau Porky Little Beau Porky Little Beau Porky is a Looney Tunes cartoon short produced by Leon Schlesinger and released in 1936. Porky is in the French Foreign Legion as a camel scrubber, but after fighting off the enemy, ends up as Commandant.-Story:... |
"Am I Blue?" | ||
| Crack-Up | "Top Gallante" | ||
| Don't Look Now Don't Look Now (cartoon) Don't Look Now is a 1936 Merrie Melodies animated short film directed by Tex Avery. It portrays Valentine's Day. Cupid is making people fall in love, while Satan is doing everything possible to undermine the relationships.... |
"Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | ||
| 1937 | Woman-Wise | "You're a Knockout" | |
| The Holy Terror | "Don't Sing-Everybody Swing", "There I Go Again", "I Don't Know Myself Since I Know You", "The Call of the Siren" | ||
| Round-Up Time in Texas | "Dinah" | ||
| Sing and Be Happy | "Pickles", "What a Beautiful Beginning", "Travelin' Light", "Sing and Be Happy" | ||
| She Had to Eat | "Living on the Town", "When a Girl from Alabama Meets a Boy from Tennessee" | ||
| Wild and Woolly Wild and Woolly Wild and Woolly is a 1917 silent film which tells the story of one man's personal odyssey from sophisticated Easterner to Western tough guy. It stars Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Walter Bytell and Sam De Grasse.... |
"Whoa Whoopee, Whoa Whipee (Yippy-I-O-I-Ay)" | ||
| Think Fast, Mr. Moto Think Fast, Mr. Moto Think Fast, Mr. Moto is a 1937 film about a mysterious Japanese detective named Mr. Moto. It is the first of eight films in the Mr. Moto series, which are all based on Mr. Moto novels written by John P. Marquand. The film stars Peter Lorre as the title character, as well as Virginia Field and... |
"The Shy Violet" | ||
| Talent Scout | "Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | ||
| Porky's Garden | "Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | ||
| The Lyin' Mouse | "Am I Blue?" | ||
| Ali Baba Goes to Town Ali Baba Goes to Town Ali Baba Goes to Town is a 1937 movie starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, and Roland Young. Cantor plays a hobo named Aloysius "Al" Babson, who walks into the camp of a movie company that is making the Arabian Nights. He falls asleep and dreams he is in Baghdad as an advisor to the Sultan... |
"Dinah" (uncredited) | ||
| Big Town Girl | "Argentine Swing,", "Don't Throw Kisses", "I'll Settle for Love" | ||
| September in the Rain | "Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | ||
| Fight for Your Lady | "Blame It on the Danube" | ||
| 1938 | International Settlement International Settlement (film) International Settlement is a 1938 American drama film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Dolores del Rio, George Sanders and June Lang. It is set in the Shanghai International Settlement during the Sino-Japanese War... |
"You Made Me That Way", "Shrug" | |
| Walking Down Broadway Walking Down Broadway Walking Down Broadway is a 1938 American film drama made by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation and directed by Norman Foster.... |
"Good-Bye My Heart (Good Luck to You)" | ||
| Battle of Broadway | "Daughter of Mademoiselle", "Legionaires" | ||
| Rascals | "Blue Is The Evening", "Take A Tip From A Gypsy", "Song Of A Gypsy Band:, "Carnival Song (What a Gay Occasion)" | ||
| Streamlined Swing | "Dinah" (uncredited) | ||
| Up the River Up the River (1938 film) Up the River is a 1938 prison comedy film starring Preston Foster and Arthur Treacher and featuring Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. The movie was directed by Alfred L. Werker and is a remake of a 1930 film with the same title directed by John Ford and starring Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart in the... |
"It's The Strangest Thing", "Song of Rockwell", "Rhythmettes" | ||
| 1939 | A Day at the Zoo A Day at the Zoo A Day at the Zoo is a 1939 Warner Bros. animated cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was directed by Tex Avery, with musical direction by Carl Stalling. It was written by Melvin Millar. No voice credits are given. Mel Blanc provides most of the incidental voices. The narrator is Robert C... |
"Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | |
| Boy Friend | "Doin' The Socialite" | ||
| 1940 | Johnny Apollo Johnny Apollo (film) Johnny Apollo is a 1940 crime film starring Tyrone Power as a man who resorts to crime to buy a pardon for his embezzler father . Lloyd Nolan plays the gangster he works for, while Dorothy Lamour portrays the boss's girlfriend.... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited) | |
| Confederate Honey Confederate Honey Confederate Honey is a 1940 Merrie Melodies animated cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng and produced by Leon Schlesinger. It is a sendup of Gone with the Wind, and features an early appearance by Elmer Fudd in his most familiar form.... |
"Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | ||
| Slap Happy Pappy | "Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | ||
| Cinderella's Feller | "In the Land of Let's Pretend" (uncredited) | ||
| Shooting High | "On the Rancho with My Pancho" (uncredited) | ||
| 1941 | Her First Beau | "This Is Love" | |
| Wabbit Twouble Wabbit Twouble Wabbit Twouble is a Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Bugs Bunny, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions and released on December 20, 1941 by Warner Bros. Pictures... |
"Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | ||
| 1942 | Broadway Broadway (1942 film) Broadway is a 1942 film about Broadway theatre with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Janet Blair, Broderick Crawford, Marjorie Rambeau, Anne Gwynne, and S.Z. Sakall. Raft plays himself, recalling an incident early in his pre-movie career as a dancer. The movie was directed by William A.... |
"Dinah" (uncredited) | |
| Casablanca Casablanca (film) Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Dooley Wilson. Set during World War II, it focuses on a man torn between, in... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited) | ||
| Ding Dog Daddy Ding Dog Daddy Ding Dog Daddy was a 1942 color Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Tedd Pierce, about a dim-witted dog , who falls in love with a metal statue of a female dog in a garden, failing to realize that "Daisy" is indeed a sculpture... |
"Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | ||
| 1943 | The Voice That Thrilled the World | "Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | |
| The Hard Way The Hard Way (1943 film) The Hard Way is a 1943 Warner Bros. drama film directed by Vincent Sherman. The film was based on a story by Irwin Shaw which was reportedly... |
"Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | ||
| Chatterbox | "Why Can't I Sing a Love Song?", "Welcome to Victory Ranch" | ||
| Lady of Burlesque Lady of Burlesque Lady of Burlesque is a 1943 American mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea, based on the novel The G-String Murders written by famous strip tease artist Gypsy Rose Lee... |
"Take It off the E-String", "So This Is You" | ||
| Is Everybody Happy? Is Everybody Happy? (1943 film) Is Everybody Happy? is an American black and white musical film.The taglines for the film were: "18 of the grand songs made famous by the High-Hatted Tragedian of Song'", "A FAST-STEPPING MUSICAL JAMBOREE!", "GET HAPPY! - Here comes the sweetest show in town!" and "IT'S GAY IN A GREAT BIG WAY!".-... |
"Am I Blue?" | ||
| Baby Puss Baby Puss (1943 film) Baby Puss is a 1943 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 12th Tom and Jerry short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby, Baby Puss was released to theaters on Christmas day, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer.... |
"Baby Face" | ||
| 1944 | Rosie the Riveter Rosie the Riveter (film) Rosie the Riveter is a 1944 American film starring Jane Frazee.-Cast:* Jane Frazee as Rosalind "Rosie" Warren* Frank Albertson as Charlie Doran* Barbara Jo Allen as Vera Watson* Frank Fenton as Kelly Kennedy* Lloyd Corrigan as Clem Prouty... |
"Why Can't I Sing a Love Song?" | |
| Show Business Show Business (1944 film) Show Business is a movie musical film starring Eddie Cantor, George Murphy, Joan Davis, Nancy Kelly, and Constance Moore. The film was directed by Edwin L. Marin and released by RKO Radio Pictures.-Cast:*Eddie Cantor ... Eddie Martin... |
"Dinah" | ||
| The Impatient Years The Impatient Years The Impatient Years is a 1944 romance film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Irving Cummings, and written by Virginia Van Upp.-Plot:... |
"Who Said Dreams Don't Come True?" | ||
| Greenwich Village | "Baby Face" (uncredited) | ||
| Pay Day | "Am I Blue?" | ||
| Three Brothers Three Brothers (short) Three Brothers is part of the Private Snafu series of animated shorts produced by Warner Bros. during World War II. Screened for troops in September 1944, the cartoon was directed by Friz Freleng and features the familiar voice of Mel Blanc.-Plot:... |
"Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | ||
| To Have and Have Not To Have and Have Not (film) To Have and Have Not is a 1944 romance-war-adventure film. The movie was directed by Howard Hawks and stars Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, and Lauren Bacall in her first film... |
"Am I Blue?" | ||
| Booby Hatched | "Am I Blue?" | ||
| She's a Sweetheart She's a Sweetheart She's a Sweetheart is a 1944 American film starring Jane Frazee.... |
"Who Said Dreams Don't Come True?" | ||
| 1947 | One Meat Brawl One Meat Brawl -Plot:In a forest dwells Grover Groundhog and today is Groundhog Day. Grover Groundhog does a dance with his shadow saying that his shadow means nothing in relation to the weather forecast. A radio broadcast prompts Grover to leave his burrow for photographers to see if his shadow appears or not... |
"Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | |
| This Time for Keeps This Time for Keeps This Time for Keeps is an American romantic musical film released in 1947 and produced by MGM. It is about a soldier, returning home from war who does not wish to work for his father's opera company or to continue his relationship with his pre-war lover. It stars Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante,... |
"Why Don't They Let Me Sing a Love Song?" (uncredited), "Little Big Shot" | ||
| Intrigue | "Intrigue" | ||
| 1948 | The Street with No Name The Street with No Name The Street with No Name is a black-and-white film noir. The movie, a follow up to The House on 92nd Street , tells the story of an undercover FBI agent, Gene Cordell , who infiltrates a deadly crime gang. Cordell's superior, FBI Inspector George A. Briggs also appears in The House on 92nd Street... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited) | |
| Let's Sing a Song from the Movies | "Am I Blue?" | ||
| Cry of the City Cry of the City Cry of the City is a 1948 black-and-white film noir directed by Robert Siodmak based on the novel by Henry Edward Helseth, The Chair for Martin Rome. Veteran film noir-writer Ben Hecht worked on the film's script, but is not credited... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited) | ||
| Riff Raffy Daffy Riff Raffy Daffy Riff Raffy Daffy is a 1948 Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.-Plot:A homeless Daffy Duck is trying to find a place to sleep in a City Park. Porky is a cop, who is telling Daffy that sleeping in the park is against the law... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited) | ||
| 1949 | Bad Ol' Putty Tat Bad Ol' Putty Tat Bad Ol' Putty Tat is a 1948 animated cartoon released by Warner Bros. starring Tweety Bird and directed by Friz Freleng. Tweety must evade the titular "puddy tat," Sylvester the Cat, who is once again in hot pursuit of Tweety, just so that he can eat him for his own personal snack... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited) | |
| The Grey Hounded Hare The Grey Hounded Hare The Grey Hounded Hare is a 1948-produced, 1949-released Looney Tunes short film made by Warner Bros. Pictures and starring the voice talent of Mel Blanc. It was directed by Robert McKimson, and animated by John Carey, Phil DeLara, Manny Gould and Charles McKimson, with music scored by Carl Stalling... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited) | ||
| Jolson Sings Again Jolson Sings Again Jolson Sings Again is the 1949 film sequel to The Jolson Story, both of which cover the life of singer Al Jolson.-Synopsis:In this follow-up to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has left him and the... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited) | ||
| Often an Orphan | "Baby Face" (uncredited) | ||
| 1950 | Young Man with a Horn Young Man with a Horn (film) Young Man with a Horn is a 1950 drama film based on a biographical novel of the same name aboutBix Beiderbecke, the legendary jazz cornetist... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited) | |
| An Egg Scramble | "Baby Face" (uncredited) | ||
| It's Hummer Time | "Baby Face" (uncredited) | ||
| 1951 | Scent-imental Romeo | "Baby Face" (uncredited) | |
| Chow Hound Chow Hound Chow Hound is a Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. Released June 16, 1951, the voices were performed by Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet and John T... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited), "Am I Blue?" (uncredited) | ||
| Strangers on a Train Strangers on a Train (film) Strangers on a Train is an American psychological thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and based on the 1950 novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith. It was shot in the autumn of 1950 and released by Warner Bros. on June 30, 1951. The film stars Farley Granger, Ruth Roman,... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited) | ||
| Ballot Box Bunny Ballot Box Bunny Ballot Box Bunny is a 1950 animated Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon short released in 1951, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Warren Foster.-Plot:... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited) | ||
| 1952 | We're Not Married! We're Not Married! We're Not Married! is a romantic comedy film released by 20th Century Fox. The featured was directed by Edmund Goulding, and released on July 11, 1952.... |
"Baby Face" | |
| Stop, You're Killing Me | "Baby Face" (uncredited) | ||
| 1953 | There Auto Be a Law | "Baby Face" (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | The Spirit of St. Louis The Spirit of St. Louis (film) The Spirit of St. Louis is a 1957 biographical film directed by Billy Wilder and starring James Stewart as Charles Lindbergh. The screenplay was adapted by Charles Lederer, Wendell Mayes, and Billy Wilder from Lindbergh's 1953 autobiographical account of his historic flight, which won the Pulitzer... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited) | |
| The Helen Morgan Story The Helen Morgan Story The Helen Morgan Story is a 1957 American biographical film directed by Michael Curtiz starring Ann Blyth and Paul Newman.The screenplay by Oscar Saul, Dean Riesner, Stephen Longstreet, and Nelson Gidding is based on the life and career of torch singer/actress Helen Morgan, with fictional touches... |
"Baby Face" (uncredited) | ||
| 1960 | The Perry Como Show | May 25 Episode: "Dinah" (uncredited) | |
| 1962 | Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine | Episode #1.1 "Baby Face" | |
Selected songs
- "Home Again Blues" (1921), with Irving BerlinIrving BerlinIrving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
- "Stella" (1923), with Al JolsonAl JolsonAl Jolson was an American singer, comedian and actor. In his heyday, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer"....
(1942 version by Del Porter with Spike Jones & His City Slickers) - "A Smile Will Go A Long Way" (1923), with Benny DavisBenny DavisBenny Davis was a vaudeville performer and writer of popular songs. He composed the classic 1926 standard "Baby Face" with Harry Akst.-Life and career:...
- "DinahDinah (song)"Dinah" is a popular song. The music was written by Harry Akst, and the lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. It was introduced by Eddie Cantor in Kid Boots in Pittsburgh...
" (1925), with Sam M. LewisSam M. LewisSam M. Lewis was a Jewish-American singer and lyricist, born in New York City, New York as Samuel Levine-Biography:...
and Joe Young - "Baby FaceBaby Face (1926 song)Baby Face is a popular song. The music was written by Harry Akst, the lyrics by Benny Davis. The song was published in 1926. That same year, Jan Garber had a number one hit with the song....
" (1926), with Benny Davis - "Dearest (You're The Nearest To My Heart)", with Benny Davis
- "(I Says To Myself Says I) There's The One For Me" (1929), with Jack YellenJack YellenJack Selig Yellen was an American lyricist and screenwriter.-Life and career:Born in Poland, Yellen emigrated with his family to the United States when he was five years old. The oldest of seven children, he was raised in Buffalo, New York and began writing songs in high school...
(From Bulldog DrummondBulldog Drummond (1929 film)Bulldog Drummond is a detective film which tells the story of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer bored with civilian life, who investigates an extortion case for a beautiful girl. The film stars Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love, Wilson Benge, Joan...
) - "My Strongest Weakness is You" (1929), with Sidney Clare (From So Long Letty)
- "Am I Blue?Am I Blue?"Am I Blue?" is a song written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke in 1929, and was a big hit that year for Ethel Waters. It has become a standard and has been covered by numerous artists.-Other versions:...
" (1929), with Grant ClarkeGrant ClarkeGrant Clarke 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... - "Don't It Mean A Thing" (1929), with Grant Clarke (From On with the Show!On with the Show (1929 film)On with the Show! is a 1929 American musical film released by Warner Bros. The film is noted as the first ever all-talking all-color feature length movie, and the second color movie released by Warner Bros.; the first was a partly color, black-and-white musical, The Desert Song . -Plot:With unpaid...
) - "Birmingham Bertha" (1929), with Grant Clark (From On with the Show!On with the Show (1929 film)On with the Show! is a 1929 American musical film released by Warner Bros. The film is noted as the first ever all-talking all-color feature length movie, and the second color movie released by Warner Bros.; the first was a partly color, black-and-white musical, The Desert Song . -Plot:With unpaid...
) - "As Long As I'm With You" (1930), with Grant Clarke (From No, No, Nanette)
- "There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby" (1931), Eddie CantorEddie CantorEddie Cantor was an American "illustrated song" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor and songwriter...
and Benny Davis (From Palmy DaysPalmy DaysPalmy Days is a 1931 musical comedy written by Eddie Cantor, Morrie Ryskind, and David Freedman, directed by A. Edward Sutherland, and choreographed by Busby Berkeley...
) - "GuiltyGuilty (1931 song)"Guilty" is a popular song published in 1931. The music was written by Richard A. Whiting and Harry Akst. The lyrics were written by Gus Kahn....
" (1931) G. Khan / R. A. Whiting - H. Akst. - "Everybody Swing" (1936), with Sidney ClareSidney ClareSidney Clare was an American comedian, dancer and composer. His best known songs include "On the Good Ship Lollipop" , "You’re My Thrill" , and "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" .In 1929, Clare wrote his...
- "Don't Throw Kisses" (1937), with Sidney Clare (For Big Town Girl)
- "Blue is the Evening" (1938) with Sidney Clare (For Rascals)
- "The Egg and I" (1947) music by Harry RubyHarry RubyHarry Ruby was a Jewish American songwriter and screenwriter.After failing in his early ambition to become a professional baseball player,...
, lyrics by Bert KalmarBert KalmarBert Kalmar was a Jewish American lyricist.He was born in New York, New York. He ran away from home at the age of 10 to become a magician at a tent show, and retained an interest in magic all his life. He never got much of an education, but decided to make a career in show business...
, Al Jolson, and Harry Akst - "No Sad Songs For Me" (1950), with Al Jolson
Original works for Broadway
- Artists and Models of 1927 (1927) - revueRevueA revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932...
, co-composed with Maurie Rubens, lyrics by J. Keirn Brennan, Benny Davis, Ted LewisTed Lewis (musician)Theodore Leopold Friedman, better known as Ted Lewis , was an American entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician. He led a band presenting a combination of jazz, hokey comedy, and schmaltzy sentimentality that was a hit with the American public. He was known by the moniker "Mr...
, and Jack Osterman - Calling All Stars (1934) - revue, lyrics by Lew BrownLew BrownLew Brown was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States.Brown was born as Louis Brownstein in Odessa, Russian Empire...
Other Broadway credits
- Ladies First (1918), musical, Music by A. Baldwin Sloane, Book by Harry B. SmithHarry B. SmithHarry Bache Smith was a writer, lyricist and composer. The most prolific of all American stage writers, he is said to have written over 300 librettos and more than 6000 lyrics. Some of his best-known works were librettos for the composer Victor Herbert...
, Lyrics by Harry B. SmithHarry B. SmithHarry Bache Smith was a writer, lyricist and composer. The most prolific of all American stage writers, he is said to have written over 300 librettos and more than 6000 lyrics. Some of his best-known works were librettos for the composer Victor Herbert...
with additional music by Nora BayesNora BayesNora Bayes was a popular American singer, comedienne and actress of the early 20th century.-Early life and career:...
, Seymour SimonsSeymour SimonsSeymour Simons, was an American Pianist, Composer, Orchestra Leader, and Radio Producer.Simons returned to Detroit after service in World War I and built a reputation as a pianist and songwriter, providing material for stage stars Nora Bayes and Elsie Janis...
, George GershwinGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
, Harry Clarke and Akst with additional lyrics by Irving Fisher, Simons, Ira GershwinIra GershwinIra Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....
, Schuyler Greene, and Harry Clarke, also featuring songs by James Brockmann and James Kendl. - Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1920), revue, Book by Ballard MacDonaldBallard MacDonaldBallard MacDonald was a Tin Pan Alley lyricist.Born in Portland, Oregon, among his credits are:Beautiful Ohio, Rose of Washington Square, Second Hand Rose, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, Back Home Again in Indiana, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Play That Barbershop Chord, Clap Hands, Here Comes...
, Music by Harry CarrollHarry CarrollHarry Carroll, a famous American songwriter, pianist and composer, was born on November 28, 1892, in Atlantic City, New Jersey and died December 26, 1962, in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. He taught himself how to play the piano and began playing in movie houses before he finished grade school...
, with additional music by Max Hoffmann, Irving BerlinIrving BerlinIrving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
, Akst, and Dave StamperDave StamperDave Stamper was an American songwriter of the Tin Pan Alley and vaudeville eras, a contributor to twenty-one editions of the Ziegfeld Follies, writer for the Fox Film Corporation, and composer of more than one thousand songs, in spite of never learning to read or write traditional music notation...
. - Music Box RevueMusic Box RevueMusic Box Revue was a musical theatre revue with music by Irving Berlin. Featuring contributions from a number of writers including Robert Benchley, it debuted at the Music Box Theatre in 1921, where it ran for 440 performances.-References:...
(1921), revue, Musical Supervisor/Under the Personal Direction of - Swingin' The Dream (1939), musical/variety, song "DinahDinah (song)"Dinah" is a popular song. The music was written by Harry Akst, and the lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. It was introduced by Eddie Cantor in Kid Boots in Pittsburgh...
" - At Home With Ethel Waters (1953), revue, songs "Am I Blue?Am I Blue?"Am I Blue?" is a song written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke in 1929, and was a big hit that year for Ethel Waters. It has become a standard and has been covered by numerous artists.-Other versions:...
" and "Dinah" - John Murray Anderson's AlmanacJohn Murray Anderson's AlmanacJohn Murray Anderson's Almanac is a musical revue, featuring the music of the songwriting team of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, as well as other composers...
(1953), revue, featuring songs by Harry Akst - Additional - Mr. WonderfulMr. Wonderful (musical)Mr. Wonderful is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman, and music and lyrics by Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, and George David Weiss....
(1956),