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.
Selected songs
A list of Clarke's most prominent works:
Clark, Grant Filmography
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2009, role: producer
Clarke, Grant Filmography
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1927, role: writer
Grant Clarke
ALBUMS
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Volume 3 released: 1993
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Volume 3
Released 1993- Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920: Rhapsody in Blue, Traveling to New York
- Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920: Scandal Walk
- Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920: Kate the Poet
- Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920: Rehearsal Montage
- Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920: Harem Dance, Beachball Dance, Clamshell Ballet and the Tap Dance Finale
- Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920: Meeting Peggy, New York Arrival
- Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920: Somebody Loves Me
- Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920: Sounds Like Perfection To Me
- Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920: Gloria's Grand Entrance, The Penthouse Tango / Rhapsody in Blue
- Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920: Turn On and Tiss Me
- Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920: Backstage at the Scandals
- Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920: A Poem for Indy
- Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920: Swanee
- Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920: The Tap Dance Rehearsal
- Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920: She's Wonderful, Too!
- Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues: Sweetie Dear
- Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues: My Handy Man
- Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues: Warehouse Battle
- Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues: 12th Street Rag
- Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues: Blue Horizon
- Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues: Corrupt Police
- Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues: I'm a Little Blackbird
- Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues: ICan't Believe You're In Love With Me
- Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues: Tiger Rag
- Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues: Twinkle Dixie
- Princeton 1916: Princeton Days
- Princeton 1916: Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
- Princeton 1916: The Senior Prom
Born: 1891-05-14
Died: 1931-05-16
