Name Grant Clarke | Role Songwriter Movies Casey at the Bat | |
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Born May 14, 1891
Akron, Ohio, United States ( 1891-05-14 ) Died May 16, 1931, California, United States Books Second Hand Rose: Popular Standard; Single Songbook, Second-Hand Rose Music director Peach O'Reno, Song of the Flame, Bright Lights, So Long Letty, Song of the West Similar People Harry Akst, Jean Schwartz, Harry Warren, Arthur Johnston, Walter Donaldson | ||
Occupation(s) Composer, songwriter | ||
Second hand rose by james hanley and grant clarke
Grant Clarke (May 14, 1891, Akron, Ohio – May 16, 1931, California) was an American songwriter.
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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.
Selected songs
A list of Clarke's most prominent works: