Harry Akst (1894-1963)
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DAHR: Harry Akst | List of 501 historic recordings from 1919 to 1949. |
| Title | Co-Author(s) | Sequencer |
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Am I Blue? (1929) | Unknown | |
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Away Down South (1922) | Unknown | |
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Dearest, You're the Nearest to My Heart (1922) | Rose Vanderbosch | |
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Dinah (1925) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Do I - Do I - Do I Love Her (1922) | Unknown | |
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Granny, You're My Mammy's Mammy (1921) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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I'm Somebody Nobody Loves (1923) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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I'm the Medicine Man For the Blues (1929) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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In My Bouquet of Memories (1928) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Let Me Have My Dreams (1929) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Nobody Cares if I'm Blue (1929) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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One Sweet Little Yes (1929) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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There's the One For Me (1929) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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This Is Heaven (1929) | James Pitt-Payne | |
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Until You Said Goodbye (1953) | B. Davis M. Ager |
James Pitt-Payne |
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⇑Wouldn't It Be Wonderful? (1929) | James Pitt-Payne |
| Title (Release Year) | Composer | Performers | Issue |
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Am I Blue? (1929) | H. Akst | Annette Hanshaw | Columbia: [W]148647 |
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Am I Blue? (1929) | H. Akst | E. Waters | Columbia: W148532 |
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Away Down South (1922) | H. Akst | Marion Harris | Columbia: 80411 |
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Birmingham Bertha (1929) | H. Akst | E. Waters | Columbia: W148531 |
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Everything's Gonna Be All Right (1926) | H. Akst | Peggy English as Jane Gray | Columbia: 141701 |
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My Little Bunch of Happiness (1927) | H. Akst | Poley McClintock Fred Waring |
Victor: BVE-37427 |
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Nobody Cares if I'm Blue (1930) | H. Akst | Annette Hanshaw | Columbia: [W]150652 |
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Nobody Loves You Like I Do (1924) | H. Akst | Brox Sisters | Victor: B-30918 |
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Once in a Love Time (1940) | H. Akst | Mary Ann Mercer | Victor: BS-051553 |
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Sweet Henry (1923) | H. Akst | Dolly Kay | Columbia: 81174 |
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There's a Little White House on a Little Green Hill Where the Red Red Roses Grow (1926) | H. Akst | G. Rowell Ford Rush |
Columbia: W142991 |
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Wet Yo' Thumb (1923) | H. Akst | Dolly Kay | Columbia: 80892 |
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Vaughn de Leath | Original Radio Girl |        |
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Boswell Sisters | Shout Sister Shout | |
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Boswell Sisters | That's How Rhythm Was Born | |
| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Am I Blue? (1929) | H. Akst (music) G. Clarke (words) E. Waters (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer |  |
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Away Down South (1922) | H. Akst (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) J. Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP Sheet Music Singer |
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Dearest, You're the Nearest to My Heart (1922) | H. Akst (music) B. Davis (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
Pub. |
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Dinah (1925) | H. Akst (music) Sam M. Lewis (words) J. Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Do I - Do I - Do I Love Her (1922) | H. Akst (music) J. Young (words) Sam S. Lewis (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Granny, You're My Mammy's Mammy (1921) | H. Akst (music) J. Young (words) Sam M. Lewis (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana Sheet Music Singer |
Pub. |
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I'm Somebody Nobody Loves (1923) | H. Akst (music) B. Davis (words) Benton Ley (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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⇑I'm the Medicine Man For the Blues (1929) | H. Akst (music) G. Clarke (words) T. Lewis (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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In My Bouquet of Memories (1928) | H. Akst (music) Lewis (words) Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Let Me Have My Dreams (1929) | H. Akst (music) G. Clarke (words) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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My Laddie (1919) | H. Akst (music) Howard Emmett Rogers (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Nobody Cares if I'm Blue (1929) | H. Akst (music) G. Clarke (words) Dorothy Mackaill (perf.) F. Fay (perf.) Noah Beery (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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One Sweet Little Yes (1929) | H. Akst (music) G. Clarke (words) Charlotte Greenwood (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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South Sea Eyes (1923) | H. Akst (w&m) Gilda Gray (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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There's the One For Me (1929) | H. Akst (music) J. Yellen (words) Ronald Coleman (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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⇑This Is Heaven (1929) | H. Akst (music) Jack Yeller (words) Vilma Bánky (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
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Until You Said Goodbye (1953) | H. Akst (w&m) B. Davis (coauth.) M. Ager (coauth.) Eddie Fisher (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | |
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Who'll Dry Your Tears (1921) | H. Akst (music) Sam M Lewis (words) J. Young (words) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana | Pub. |
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Wouldn't It Be Wonderful? (1929) | H. Akst (music) G. Clarke (words) T. Lewis (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Sheet Music Singer | Pub. |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 110 works by Harry Akst (1894-1963).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
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(w&m)
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Welcome Home | 1029 | Grant Clarke (words) | |
| In the Land of Jazz | 1919 | Grant Clarke (words) | |
| My Laddie | 1919 | Howard Emmett Rogers (words) | |
| Samoa | 1919 | Grant Clarke (words) | |
| While They Still Make Those Beautiful Girls | 1919 | Howard Emmett Rogers (words) | |
| Crocodile, The | 1920 | Otto Motzan (co-author) Howard Emmett Rogers (words) |
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| I'm Saving Up My Dough For Rae and Me | 1920 | Garfield Kilgour (words) | Pub. |
| Granny, You're My Mammy's Mammy | 1921 | Joe Young (words) Sam M. Lewis (words) |
Pub. |
| I've Got the Joys | 1921 | Sam M Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) |
Pub. |
| Who'll Dry Your Tears | 1921 | Sam M Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) |
Pub. |
| Away Down South | 1922 | Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) Marion Harris (perf.) |
Pub. |
| ⇑ Dearest, You're the Nearest to My Heart | 1922 | Benny Davis (words) | Pub. |
| Do I - Do I - Do I Love Her | 1922 | Joe Young (words) Sam S. Lewis (words) |
Pub. |
| Bad News Blues | 1923 | Benny Davis (words) | |
| First, Last and Always | 1923 | Benny Davis (words) | Pub. |
| I'm Somebody Nobody Loves | 1923 | Benny Davis (words) Benton Ley (words) |
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| South Sea Eyes (w&m) | 1923 | Gilda Gray (perf.) | |
| Stella | 1923 | Al Jolson (words) Benny Davis (words) |
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| Sweet Henry | 1923 | Benny Davis (words) Dolly Kay (perf.) |
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| Wet Yo' Thumb | 1923 | Lew Cooper (words) Alex Hyde (perf.) Dolly Kay (perf.) |
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| Nobody Loves You Like I Do | 1924 | Benny Davis (words) Brox Sisters (perf.) |
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| Dawn | 1925 | Grant Clarke (words) | |
| Dinah | 1925 | Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) Boswell Sisters (perf.) Ace Brigode (perf.) Gus. C. Edwards (perf.) Rudy Vallée (perf.) Rube Wolf (perf.) |
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| ⇑ Steppin' in Society | 1925 | Alex Gerber (words)
Arr. by Dick Konter; |
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| Everything's Gonna Be All Right | 1926 | Benny Davis (words) Peggy English as Jane Gray (perf.) |
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Georgianna | 1926 | Lewis Young (words) | |
| There's a Little White House on a Little Green Hill Where the Red Red Roses Grow | 1926 | Billy Rose (words) Earl & Bell (perf.) Peggy English (perf.) Gilbert C. Friar (perf.) Glenn Rowell (perf.) Ford Rush (perf.) |
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| It's a Million to One You're in Love | 1927 | Benny Davis (words) | |
| My Little Bunch of Happiness | 1927 | Benny Davis (words) Poley McClintock (perf.) Fred Waring (perf.) |
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| No Wonder I'm Happy | 1927 | Benny Davis (words) | |
| Sad 'n Blue | 1927 | Benny Davis (co-author) | |
| Waiting For the Rainbow | 1927 | Benny Davis (words) Billy Rose (words) |
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| We Two | 1927 | Grant Clarke (words) | |
| Whip, The | 1927 | Grant Clarke (words) | |
| In My Bouquet of Memories | 1928 | Lewis (words) Young (words) |
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| Revenge | 1928 | Sam M. Lewis (words) Joe Young (words) Dolores Del Río (perf.) |
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| ⇑ Wait For Me | 1928 | Lewis & (words) Young (words) |
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| Am I Blue? | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) Annette Hanshaw (perf.) Ethel Waters (perf.) |
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| As Long As I'm With You | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) Bernice Claire (perf.) Louise Fazenda (perf.) Alexander Gray (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Birmingham Bertha | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) Vaughn de Leath (perf.) Ethel Waters (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Come Back to Me | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) | Pub. |
| Don't It Mean a Thing to You | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) | |
| Gypsy Charmer | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) | Pub. |
| I Says to Myself, Says I, Says I, There's the One For Me Heme Song of the Photoplay "Bulldog Drummond" | 1929 | Jack Yellen (words) | |
| I Still Believe in You | 1929 | Grant Clark (words) Benny Davis (words) Corinne Griffith (perf.) |
Pub. |
| I'm Blue For You - New Orleans | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) | |
| I'm the Medicine Man For the Blues | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) Ted Lewis (perf.) |
Pub. |
| In the Land of Let's Pretend | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) | |
| ⇑ Let Me Have My Dreams | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) Betty Compson (perf.) Sally O'Neil (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Lift the Juleps to Your Two Lips | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| My Strongest Weakness Is You | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) Charlotte Greenwood (perf.) |
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| Nobody Cares if I'm Blue | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) Noah Beery (perf.) Frank Fay (perf.) Annette Hanshaw (perf.) Dorothy Mackaill (perf.) |
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| One Sweet Little Yes | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) Charlotte Greenwood (perf.) |
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| Sacred Flame, The | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) | |
| There's the One For Me | 1929 | Jack Yellen (words) Ronald Coleman (perf.) |
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| This Is Heaven | 1929 | Jack Yeller (words) Vilma Bánky (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Wishing and Waiting For Love | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) Alice White (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Wouldn't It Be Wonderful? | 1929 | Grant Clarke (words) Ted Lewis (perf.) |
Pub. |
| Every Little Girl He Sees | 1930 | Grant Clarke (words) | |
| One Little Drink | 1930 | Grant Clarke (words) | |
| Guilty (w&m) | 1931 | Gus Kahn (co-author) Richard A Whiting (co-author) Frank Gallagher (perf.) |
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| ⇑ I Can't Get Mississippi Off My Mind | 1931 | Joe Young (words) | |
| Nothing's Too Good For My Baby | 1931 | Benny Davis (words) Eddie Cantor (words) |
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| Forget the Past | 1933 | Sidney D. Mitchell (words) | |
| La Melodia Prohibida | 1933 | Jose Spanish Mojica (words) Enrique Jardiel Spanish Poncela (words) L. Wolfe Eng Gilbert (words) |
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| My Imaginary Sweetheart | 1933 | Edward Eliscu (words) | |
| Sing to Me | 1933 | Edward Eliscu (words) | Pub. |
| Heaven on Earth | 1934 | Roy Turk (words) | |
| I Don't Want to Be President | 1934 | Lew Brown (words) | Pub. |
| I'd Like to Dunk You in My Coffee | 1934 | ||
| I'm Just That Way | 1934 | Roy Turk (words) | |
| I've Nothing to Offer | 1934 | Lew Brown (words) | |
| If It's Love | 1934 | Lew Brown (words) | Pub. |
| ⇑ It Happened When Your Eyes Met Mine | 1934 | Roy Turk (words) Lanny Ross (perf.) |
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| Stepping Out of the Picture | 1934 | Lew Brown (words) | Pub. |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Straw Hat in the Rain | 1934 | Lew Brown (words) | |
| Who But You | 1934 | Roy Turk (words) | |
| You Get a Lot of Help | 1934 | Lew Brown (words) | |
| I'd Rather Be With You | 1935 | Lew Brown (co-author) Elsa Maxwell (co-author) |
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| Down Aroun' Malibu Way | 1936 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| Keep That Twinkle in Your Eye | 1936 | Sidney Clare (words) Edward Eliscu (words) Jane Withers (perf.) |
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| Over a Cup of Coffee | 1936 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| Pick, Pick, Pickaninny | 1936 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| Rolling Along | 1936 | Lew Brown (words) | |
| Suzannah | 1936 | Harry Richman (co-author) Lew Brown (words) |
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| Uncle Tom's Cabin Is a Cabaret | 1936 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| ⇑ Blame It on the Danube (w&m) | 1937 | Frank Loesser (co-author) | |
| Don't Throw Kisses | 1937 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| I Don't Know Myself Since I Know You | 1937 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| I'll Settle For Love | 1937 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| It's Julep Time in Dixieland | 1937 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| Sing and Be Happy | 1937 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| There I Go Again | 1937 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| Travelin' Light | 1937 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| What a Beautiful Beginning | 1937 | Sidney Clare (words) Anthony Martin (perf.) Leah Ray (perf.) |
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| You're a Knockout | 1937 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| Blue Is the Evening | 1938 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| Daughter of Mademoiselle | 1938 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| ⇑ Take a Tip From a Gypsy | 1938 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| Father Mississippi | 1939 | L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) |
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| On the Rancho With My Pancho | 1940 | Sidney Clare (words) | |
| Once in a Love Time | 1940 | Benny Davis (words) Mary Ann Mercer (perf.) |
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| Guy From Albuquerque, The | 1943 | Sol Meyer (words) | |
| So This Is You | 1943 | Sammy Kahn (words) | |
| Take It Off the E String | 1943 | Sammy Cahn (words) | |
| Who Said Dreams Don't Come True? (w&m) | 1944 | Benny Davis (co-author) Al Jolson (co-author) |
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| Egg and I, The | 1947 | Al Jolson (co-author) Bert Kalmar (co-author) Herman Ruby (co-author) |
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| Intrigue | 1947 | Sam Lerner (words) | |
| Goodbye G.I. Al (w&m) | 1951 | Eddie Maxwell (words) | |
| Until You Said Goodbye (w&m) | 1953 | Benny Davis (co-author) Milton Ager (co-author) Eddie Fisher (perf.) |
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H. Akst | Am I Blue? (4:09) | E. Waters |