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Edgar Leslie
Edgar Leslie
American songwriter; ASCAP founding member
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Milton Ager
Milton Ager
American composer
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James F. Hanley
James F. Hanley
American songwriter and author
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Gus Kahn
Gus Kahn
German-American lyricist
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Bert Kalmar
Bert Kalmar
American lyricist
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Al Dubin
Al Dubin
Swiss-American lyricist (1891-1945)
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George W. Meyer
George W. Meyer
American songwriter
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Lew Brown
Lew Brown
Russian-American Tin Pan Alley lyricist, songwriter
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Otto Harbach
Otto Harbach
American lyricist (1873-1983)
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Sigmund Romberg
Sigmund Romberg
Hungarian-born American operetta composer
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Arthur Johnston
Arthur Johnston
American composer
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Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael
American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899-1981)
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Sam M. Lewis
Sam M. Lewis
American singer and lyricist
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Ballard MacDonald
Ballard MacDonald
American lyricist
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Yip Harburg
Yip Harburg
American lyricist
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Carson Robison
Carson Robison
American musician, singer and songwriter
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Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen
American composer of popular music (1905-1986)
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Arthur Fields
Arthur Fields
American musician
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Harry Warren
Harry Warren
American composer and lyricist (1893-1981)
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Billy Baskette
Billy Baskette
American songwriter
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Jule Styne
Jule Styne
British-born American songwriter
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Jean Schwartz
Jean Schwartz
songwriter
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Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin
Russian-born American songwriter
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Harry Ruby
Harry Ruby
American composer and screenwriter
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Johnny Mercer
Johnny Mercer
American lyricist, songwriter, singer and music professional
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Jack Yellen
Jack Yellen
Polish-born American lyricist and screenwriter
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Gilby Clarke
Gilby Clarke
Rock guitarist
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Rebecca Clarke
Rebecca Clarke
English composer and violist
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Maceo Pinkard
Maceo Pinkard
American composer, lyricist, and music publisher
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Lil Johnson
Lil Johnson
African American blues singer
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Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz
American musical theatre lyricist and composer
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Sleepy John Estes
Sleepy John Estes
American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
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L. Wolfe Gilbert
L. Wolfe Gilbert
Composer, lyricist, author, publisher
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Vernon Duke
Vernon Duke
American composer
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Billy Rose
Billy Rose
American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist
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Ted Snyder
Ted Snyder
American composer, lyricist, and music publisher
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J. C. Johnson
J. C. Johnson
American musician
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Fats Waller
Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer
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Roy Turk
Roy Turk
American songwriter and lyricist
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Porter Grainger
Porter Grainger
American musician
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Tom Adair
Tom Adair
American lyricist, composer, and screenwriter
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John Barlow Jarvis
John Barlow Jarvis
American songwriter/composer/pianist/singer
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Harry Nilsson
Harry Nilsson
American singer-songwriter (1941-1994)
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Alma M. Sanders
Alma M. Sanders
American composer
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Frank Hutchison
Frank Hutchison
American early country blues and Piedmont blues musician
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Jim Vallance
Jim Vallance
Canadian record producer
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Nathaniel Shilkret
Nathaniel Shilkret
American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive, and music director
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Rudolf Friml
Rudolf Friml
Czech composer
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Charles Tobias
Charles Tobias
American songwriter
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James Reese Europe
James Reese Europe
American jazz musician and United States Army officer
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Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy
American lyricist
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Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
American lyricist (1893-1983)
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John Frederick Coots
John Frederick Coots
American songwriter
Grant Clarke
American songwriter

Grant Clarke

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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.