Grant Clarke

Grant Clarke (May 14, 1891, Akron, Ohio – May 16, 1931, California) was an American songwriter. 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.

Birth and Death Data: Born May 14, 1891 (Akron), Died May 16, 1931 (California)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1911 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, songwriter, composer

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 304 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-15272	10-in.	10/9/1914	Back to the Carolina you love	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-15862	10-in.	4/7/1915	I want to be there	Herbert Stuart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-16333	10-in.	8/9/1915	When you're in love with someone who is not in love with you	Charles Harrison	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-16737	10-in.	11/2/1915	All I can do is just love you	Irving Kaufman	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-16746	10-in.	11/4/1915	What's the use of going home (When there's nobody there to love)	Irving Kaufman ; Billy Murray	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-16793	10-in.	11/18/1915	Beatrice Fairfax, tell me what to do	Ada Jones	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-17015	10-in.	1/17/1916	You can't get along when you're with 'em or without 'em	Dan W. Quinn	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-17298	10-in.	3/13/1916	You can't get along with 'em or without 'em	Billy Murray	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-17542	10-in.	4/27/1916	The Honolulu blues	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with mandolin and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-17843	10-in.	6/12/1916	You're a dangerous girl	Avon Comedy Four	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-18324	10-in.	9/5/1916	There's a little bit of bad in every good little girl	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-18327	10-in.	9/7/1916	I know I got more than my share	John H. Meyer ; M. J. O'Connell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	songwriter
Victor	B-18555	10-in.	10/17/1916	I know I got more than my share	Irving Kaufman	Male vocal solo, with celeste and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-18559	10-in.	10/18/1916	Honolulu, America loves you	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	C-19102	12-in.	1/18/1917	Honolulu, America loves you	Victor Military Band	Band	songwriter
Victor	B-19513	10-in.	3/26/1917	I called you my sweetheart	James F. Harrison	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-21464	10-in.	2/21/1918	I hate to lose you	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-21993	10-in.	6/18/1918	France (We have not forgotten you)	Lambert Murphy	Male vocal solo, with violin duet and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-22176	10-in.	7/25/1918	Everything is peaches down in Georgia	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-22222	10-in.	9/5/1918	You'll find old Dixieland in France	Arthur Fields	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-22493	10-in.	12/31/1918	In the land of beginning again (Where broken dreams come true)	Charles Harrison	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-22666	10-in.	3/31/1919	Anything is nice if it comes from Dixieland	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-23111	10-in.	8/6/1919	Regretful blues	Marion Harris	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-23146	10-in.	9/10/1919	Just for me and Mary ('Twas a beautiful wedding day)	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with celeste and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-23484	10-in.	11/20/1919	I'll dance my way right back to Dixieland	Esther Walker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist