Harry Akst (August 15, 1894 – March 31, 1963) was an American songwriter, who started out his career as a pianist in vaudeville accompanying singers such...
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used the stage name Harry Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (born 1984), second son of King Charles III of the United Kingdom Harry Akst (1894–1963), American...
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Baby Face (song) (category Songs with music by Harry Akst)
Face" is a popular Tin Pan Alley jazz song. The music was written by Harry Akst, with lyrics by Benny Davis, and the song was published in 1926. The first...
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Am I Blue? (category Songs with music by Harry Akst)
"Am I Blue?" is a 1929 song composed by Harry Akst (music) and Grant Clarke (lyrics), then featured in four films that year, most notably with Ethel Waters...
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Music by Harry Akst, lyrics by Grant Clarke, performed by Henry Fink and chorus, danced by the Four Covans "Let Me Have My Dreams": Music by Akst, lyrics...
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record producer and singer "Baby Face" (song), 1926 song with music by Harry Akst and lyrics by Benny Davis, sung by Jan Garber the same year "Babyface"...
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Run" 5:20 12. "Live and Let Die" 3:26 13. "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" 5:50 14. "Baby Face" Benny Davis, Harry Akst 1:56 Total length: 47:50...
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2:24 "The Exodus Song" (Ernest Gold) – 2:58 "Guilty" (Richard Whiting, Harry Akst, Gus Kahn) – 3:04 "Don't Worry 'bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:21...
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Rhythm on the Range with Bing Crosby. She made her Broadway debut in the Harry Akst musical Calling All Stars in 1934, and later returned to Broadway in starring...
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Mayo, and released by Warner Bros. The music for the film was written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke, except for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy and "Tiger...
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Side two "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Blackwell, Marascalco) "Baby Face" (Harry Akst, Benny Davis) "Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey" (Penniman) "Ooh! My Soul" (Penniman) "The...
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Indigo" (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) – 2:25 "Am I Blue?" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) – 2:52 "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf...
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Park with Eloise" written by Jim McCartney and "Baby Face" written by Harry Akst and Benny Davis. "Junior's Farm" (non-album single) – 4:23 "Sally G" (B-side...
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Combination" (1932), lyrics by Kalmar and Irving Caesar, music by Ruby and Harry Akst, written for the Broadway show The Kid, starring Eddie Cantor "A Kiss...
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To Have and Have Not (film) (section Harry Morgan)
Little We Know", by Carmichael and Johnny Mercer, and "Am I Blue?", by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke. Cricket and the band also perform "Hong Kong Blues"...
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Am I Blue may refer to: "Am I Blue?", a 1929 song written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke Am I Blue (album), a 1963 album by jazz guitarist Grant Green...
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song), 1974 "Guilty" (The Rasmus song), 2004 "Guilty" (Richard Whiting, Harry Akst and Gus Kahn song), 1931; popularised by Margaret Whiting (1946) and by...
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Dinah (song) (category Songs with music by Harry Akst)
It was integrated into the show Kid Boots. The music was written by Harry Akst and the lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. Hit versions in 1926 were...
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Rito, Ernie Erdman, Neil Moret, Vincent Youmans, George Gershwin, Harry Akst, Harry M. Woods, Edward Eliscu, Victor Schertzinger, Arthur Johnston, Bronisław...
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song published in 1931. The music was written by Richard A. Whiting and Harry Akst. The lyrics were written by Gus Kahn. Popular recordings in 1931 were...
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A. Edward Sutherland. It stars Jack Oakie, Frances Dee, Wynne Gibson, Harry Akst and June MacCloy. The film was released on March 21, 1931, by Paramount...
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and Harry Akst, sung by Stanwyck. Other songs include "The Broadway Melody," written by Nacio Herb Brown "So This Is You," written by Cahn and Akst, performed...
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(1912–1994), actress Philip Ahn (1905–1978), actor Ralph Ahn (1926–2022), actor Harry Akst (1894–1963), songwriter Robert Aldrich (1918–1983), director Irving Allen...
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Marshall - string bass Ted Sommer - drums Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone Harry Lookofsky - concertmaster Unidentified - large woodwinds and strings section...
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An instrumental version of the 1926 hit song "Baby Face", composed by Harry Akst, is played over the opening credits and in later scenes. However, the...
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w.m. Earl Lebieg "A Smile Will Go A Long Long Way" w. Benny Davis m. Harry Akst "Snake Rag" m. King Oliver "Sobbin' Blues" w.m. Art Kassel "Some Sweet...
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1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon, with songs by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics). The film's numbers were staged and...
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Stillman Meredith Willson Harry Akst Ralph Blane Ervin Drake Fred Ebb Bob Hilliard John Kander Hugh Martin Neil Sedaka Harry Tobias Alec Wilder Stevie...
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written by Kerry Mills "Baby Face" (1926) – written by Benny Davis and Harry Akst "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home" (1902) – written by Huey Cannon...
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Marks Lyrics by Seymour Simons Sung by Eddie Cantor "Dinah" Music by Harry Akst Lyrics by Sam Lewis and Joe Young Sung by Eddie Cantor "Kickin' the Gong...
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