• Edgar Leslie (December 31, 1885 – January 22, 1976) was an American songwriter. Edgar Leslie was born in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1885. He studied at...
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    Edgar Leslie Bainton (14 February 1880 – 8 December 1956) was a British-born, latterly Australian-resident composer. He is remembered today mainly for...
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  • writer and film-maker Donald Leslie, (1911–2004), American musician, created and manufactured the Leslie speaker Edgar Leslie (1885–1976), American songwriter...
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    Jolson) "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face" (music by James V. Monaco and lyrics by Edgar Leslie and Grant Clarke; sung by Al Jolson) "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye)"...
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    Grimshaw), his full name was Edgar Leslie Cecil Willis Walker Maygar. The Victorian birth certificate is recorded as Edgar Leslie Cecil W. MAYGER, registered...
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  • Burroughs, and "T'Aint No Sin", a jazz standard by Walter Donaldson and Edgar Leslie and performed by Burroughs on the album. "Crossroads" alludes to Burroughs's...
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  • Dorsey) – 4:32 "Ever Since You Told Me That You Love Me (I'm a Nut)" (Edgar Leslie, Grant Clarke, Jean Schwartz) – 2:42 "Daddy, Daddy, What Is Heaven Like...
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  • by Leo Wood & Ray Lopez "Blue (And Broken Hearted)" w. Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie m. Lou Handman "Broken Hearted Melody" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones "A...
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    Grant Clarke and Edgar Leslie), which was performed in 1927 by Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer. He continued to work with Edgar Leslie, and their 1932 song...
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  • Songwriters Protective Association by Billy Rose, George W. Meyer and Edgar Leslie. SGA issued the first standard songwriters contract in 1932 and most...
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    For Me and My Gal (song) (category Songs written by Edgar Leslie)
    Gal" is a 1917 popular standard song by George W. Meyer with lyrics by Edgar Leslie and E. Ray Goetz. Popular recordings of the song in 1917 were by Van...
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  • The Quakers Are Shoulder Shakers Down In Quaker Town" w. Bert Kalmar & Edgar Leslie m. Pete Wendling "And He'd Say, "Oo-La-La! Wee-Wee!"" w. George Jessel...
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    (music by "Violinsky" (Sol Ginsberg)) "Duke of Kak-I-Ak" (lyrics by Edgar Leslie) "Eight Little Letters" "An Ev'ning in Caroline" "For No Reason at All"...
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    1353/sex.2008.0009. PMID 19260158. S2CID 22292105. The song was written by Edgar Leslie (words) and James V. Monaco (music) and featured in Hugh J. Ward's Musical...
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    Among My Souvenirs (category Songs written by Edgar Leslie)
    "Among My Souvenirs" is a 1927 song with words by Edgar Leslie and music by Horatio Nicholls (a pseudonym for British composer Frederick Lawrence Wright)...
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  • lyricist Roy Turk, but he also wrote with others including Joe Young and Edgar Leslie. Ahlert was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Ahlert...
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    1917 Vegetable Song. (m: Harry Tierney) 1918 Big Chief Killahun with Edgar Leslie. (m: Maurice Abrahams) 1918 Cheer Up Father, Cheer Up Mother. (m: Herman...
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    Warren's first hit song was "Rose of the Rio Grande" (1922), with lyrics by Edgar Leslie. He wrote a succession of hit songs in the 1920s, including "I Love My...
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    Donaldson Lyrics by Edgar Leslie Sung by Victor McLaglen "Sweet Nothings of Love" Music by Walter Donaldson Lyrics by Edgar Leslie Sung by Fifi D'Orsay...
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  • 1779) American Patrol (Frank White Meacham, 1885) Among My Souvenirs (Edgar Leslie, Lawrence Wright, 1927) Amor (Gabriel Ruiz, es: Ricardo López Méndez...
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  • Arthur Altman, Mack David, Redd Evans Among My Souvenirs 1946, 1954 Edgar Leslie, Lawrence Wright And Then You Kissed Me 1944 (radio) Sammy Cahn, Jimmy...
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  • Al Sherman, Al Lewis, Joseph Meyer. "In A Little Gypsy Tea Room" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke "In a Sentimental Mood" w. Manny Kurtz & Irving Mills m...
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    Waller & Harry Brooks "After A Million Dreams" w.m. Walter Donaldson and Edgar Leslie "All That I'm Asking Is Sympathy" w.m. Benny Davis and Joe Burke "Am...
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    Victor recording of "A Little Bit Independent," written by Joe Burke and Edgar Leslie, was No. 1 on Your Hit Parade for two weeks in 1935. He also charted...
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    Home in Pasadena (category Songs written by Edgar Leslie)
    is a song with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Grant Clarke and Edgar Leslie. In the song, the singer, about to travel to Pasadena by Pullman Train...
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    1913, with music by Maurice Abrahams and lyrics by Grant Clarke and Edgar Leslie. It was introduced in vaudeville by Adele Ritchie, was a hit for recording...
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  • Get Under (to Fix Up His Automobile)" (1913, written with Clarke and Edgar Leslie). His biggest success, "Ragtime Cowboy Joe", was a pop hit for Bob Roberts...
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  • "Lazy Moon" Bob Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson 3:20 2. "For Me and My Gal" Edgar Leslie, E. Ray Goetz, George W. Meyer 2:47 3. "It Had to Be You" Isham Jones...
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  • and My Gal" (song), a 1917 popular standard song by George W. Meyer, Edgar Leslie, and E. Ray Goetz Me and My Gal, a 1932 romantic comedy/drama film directed...
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  • as "The Moon Was Yellow (And The Night Was Young)" by Fred Ahlert and Edgar Leslie) – 7:36 "Lost in the Flood" – 6:16 "She's the One" – 5:24 "Born to Run"...
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