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Musical artist
Harry Akst (August 15, 1894 – March 31, 1963)[1] songwriter , who started out his career as a pianist in vaudeville accompanying singers such as Nora Bayes , Frank Fay and Al Jolson .[2]
Life and career
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Akst was born in New York , 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").[3] 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 The Mississippi Gambler No, No, Nanette Song of the West Song of the Flame Leathernecking Palmy Days The Kid from Spain Professional Sweetheart 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 This Time for Keeps [3]
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, show pit orchestra conductor, and concertmaster "Jerry" in 42nd Street
Harry Akst died in Hollywood , California , on March 31, 1963, at the age of 69,[1] [3] Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) .
He was inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983.[1]
Selected songs
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"Home Again Blues" (1921), with Irving Berlin
"Stella" (1923), with Al Jolson (1942 version by Del Porter with Spike Jones & His City Slickers )
"A Smile Will Go A Long Way" (1923), with Benny Davis
"Dinah " (1925), with Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young
"Baby Face " (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 Yellen (From Bulldog Drummond )
"My Strongest Weakness is You" (1929), with Sidney Clare (From So Long Letty )
"Am I Blue? " (1929), with Grant Clarke
"Don't It Mean A Thing" (1929), with Grant Clarke (From On with the Show! )
"Birmingham Bertha" (1929), with Grant Clark (From On with the Show! )
"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 Cantor and Benny Davis (From Palmy Days )
"Guilty " (1931) with Gus Kahn and Richard A. Whiting .[4]
"I'd Rather Be With You" (1935), with Elsa Maxwell and Lew Brown (from Casino de Paree)
"This Is Love" (1935), with lyrics by Lew Brown (in film Her First Beau )
"Everybody Swing" (1936), with Sidney Clare
"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 Ruby , lyrics by Bert Kalmar , Al Jolson, and Harry Akst
"No Sad Songs For Me" (1950), with Al Jolson
Original works for Broadway
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Other Broadway credits
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Ladies First (1918), musical, Music by A. Baldwin Sloane, Book by Harry B. Smith , Lyrics by Harry B. Smith with additional music by Nora Bayes , Seymour Simons , George Gershwin , Harry Clarke and Akst with additional lyrics by Irving Fisher, Simons, Ira Gershwin , Schuyler Greene, and Harry Clarke, also featuring songs by James Brockmann and James Kendl.
Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1920), revue, Book by Ballard MacDonald , Music by Harry Carroll , with additional music by Max Hoffmann, Irving Berlin , Akst, and Dave Stamper .
Music Box Revue
Swingin' The Dream (1939), musical/variety, song "Dinah "
At Home With Ethel Waters (1953), revue, songs "Am I Blue? " and "Dinah"
John Murray Anderson's Almanac
Mr. Wonderful
References
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^ Laurie, Joe Jr. Vaudeville: From the Honky-tonks to the Palace. New York: Henry Holt, 1953. p. 326, 327.
^ a b c "Harry Akst Biography" . Songwriters Hall of Fame. 1963-03-31. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-11-04 .
^ Track 7 on the soundtrack of the film Amélie
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