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Grant Clarke
Lyricist
Con Conrad
Composer
Lyricist
Malvin M. Franklin
Composer
Alex Gerber
Lyricist
George Gershwin
Composer
George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn on September 26, 1898, and began his musical training when he was 13. At 16 he quit high school to work as a "song plugger" for a music publisher, and soon he was writing songs himself. "Swanee," as introduced by Al Jolson, brought George his first real fame and led to his writing a succession of 22 musical comedies, most with his older brother, Ira. The Gershwins' shows include Lady Be Good, Oh, Kay!, Strike Up the Band, Girl Crazy, and the Pulitzer Prize winning Of Thee I Sing. From his early career George ... read more
Leopold Godowski
Composer
E. Ray Goetz
Lyricist
Bert Kalmar
Lyricist
George W. Meyer
Composer
Sidney D Mitchell
Lyricist
Frances Nordstrom
Lyricist
Jose Padilla
Composer
Harry Ruby
Composer
Leon Errol
Director
Lew M. Fields
Producer
The Selwyns
Producer
Herbert Stothart
Musical Director
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