Bringing vintage songs back to life
An important figure in popular music history, Joseph E. Howard has a book. Best known as the creator of the song “Hello Ma Baby”, he lived a long active life.
Gay Nineties Troubadour – Google Books
You might get this one through Inter-Library Loan or ebay. Let us know what you find out.
A wonderful composer who wrote complete songs. He often also worked with lyricists. Here are some of his songs on this website:
Continue reading “Walter Donaldson songs”It was a sad day when Benjamin Tubb retired from music. Here is his old website full of 1800s song resources found now at the Internet Archive in the Wayback Machine:
He had a wonderful sense of harmony, rhythm, music theory and a whole bunch of natural talent. His main lyricist was his brother Ira Gershwin until 1937 when George died. Here are some of the songs composed by George Gershwin:
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