Gender
Male
Born
Nov 16, 1873
Florence, Alabama, USA
Died
Mar 28, 1958
New York, New York, USA
Lyricist Composer
  • CREDITS
    Black and Blue (Jan 26, 1989 - Jan 20, 1991)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Ellas McDaniel, W. C. Handy, Spencer Williams, Clarence Williams, J. Turner Layton, Andy Razaf, Alex Hill, Louis Armstrong, Percy Venable, Jimmy McHugh, Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds, Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley, Jimmie Lunceford, Saul Chaplin, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Harry Brooks, John Green, Harry Akst, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, Eubie Blake, Leslie Johnakins, Andy Kirk, Harold Arlen, Big Maybelle Smith, Sy Johnson and Leroy Kirkland
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Henry Creamer, Ellas McDaniel, Jack Palmer, Andy Razaf, Dorothy Fields, Al J. Nieburg, Manny Curtis, Irving Mills, Sammy Cahn, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, Harry Brooks, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Leslie Johnakins, Andy Kirk, Ted Koehler, Big Maybelle Smith, Grant Clarke, W. C. Handy, Alex Hill and Leroy Kirkland
    Bubbling Brown Sugar (Mar 02, 1976 - Dec 31, 1977)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake, Lil Armstrong, Shelton Brooks, Cab Calloway, Jimmy Cox, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Earl "Fatha" Hines, W. C. Handy, Arthur Herzog, Jr., Avon Long, W. Benton Overstreet, Maceo Pinkard, Edgar Sampson, Will E. Skidmore, Billy Strayhorn, Renton Tunnah, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Chick Webb, Bert Williams, Billy Higgins, Irving Mills, Paul Denniker and Charles H. Gabriel
    At Home With Ethel Waters (Sep 22, 1953 - Oct 10, 1953)
    Special, Original
    • Music for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson; Music for "Sleepy Time Down South" by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René; Music for "Throw Dirt" by Shelton Brooks; Music for "Am I Blue" and "Dinah" by Harry Akst; Music for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose and Sam M. Lewis; Music for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Alberta Nichols; Music for "Bread and Gravy" by Hoagy Carmichael; Music for "Love For Sale" by Cole Porter; Music for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton; Music for "My Man" by Maurice Yvain; Music for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy; Music for "Suppertime" by Irving Berlin; Music for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by Vernon Duke; Music for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" and "Stormy Weather" by Harold Arlen; Music for "Lady Be Good" by George Gershwin
    • Lyrics for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson; Lyrics for "Sleepy Time Down South" by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René; Lyrics for "Throw Dirt" by Shelton Brooks; Lyrics for "Am I Blue" by Grant Clarke; Lyrics for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose; Lyrics for "Half of Me" and "Dinah" by Sam M. Lewis; Lyrics for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Mann Holiner; Lyrics for "Dinah" by Joe Young; Lyrics for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton; French Lyrics for "My Man" by Albert Willemetz and Jacques Charles; English Lyrics for "My Man" by Channing Pollock; Lyrics for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy; Lyrics for "Suppertime" by Irving Berlin; Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by John Latouche; Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" by Ted Fetter; Lyrics for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" by E.Y. Harburg; Lyrics for "Lady Be Good" by Ira Gershwin; Lyrics for "Stormy Weather" by Ted Koehler
    Swingin' The Dream (Nov 29, 1939 - Dec 09, 1939)
    Musical, Original
    • Music for "Jumpin' at the Woodside" by Count Basie; Music for "Pick-a-Rib," "Rachel's Dream" and "Flying Home" by Benny Goodman; Music for "Wedding March" by Felix Mendelssohn; Music for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy; Music for "Ain't Misbehavin'" by Thomas "Fats" Waller; Music for "Ain't Misbehaving'" by Harry Brooks; Music for "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" by Jimmy Hugh; Music for "Moonglow" by Will Hudson, Eddie de Lange and Irving Mills; Music for "Hold Tight-Hold Tight" by Leonard Kent, Edward Robinson, Leonard Ware, Jerry Brandow and Willie Spotswood; Music for "My Melancholy Baby" by Ernie Burnett; Music for "Christopher Columbus" by Leon Berry; Music for "Way Down Younder in New Orleans" by Larry Clinton; Music for "Ol' Man Mose" by Louis Armstrong; Music for "Jeepers Creepers" by Harry Warren; Music for "Oh, You Crazy Moon" by James Van Heusen; Music for "The Flat Foot Floogie" by Slim Gaillard, Slam Stewart and Bud Green; Music for "Down by the Old Mill Stream" by Tell Taylor; Music for "Big John's Special" by Horace Henderson; Music for "Dinah" by Harry Akst; Music for "Rose Room" by Art Hickman; Music for "Flying Home' by Lionel Hampton; Music for "Sugarfoot Stomp" by Joseph Oliver
    • Lyrics for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy; Lyrics for "Ain't Misbehaving'" and "Christopher Columbus" by Andy Razaf; Lyrics for "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" by Dorothy Fields; Lyrics for "Moonglow" by Will Hudson, Eddie de Lange and Irving Mills; Lyrics for "Hold Tight-Hold Tight" by Leonard Kent, Edward Robinson, Leonard Ware and Jerry Brandow; Lyrics for "The Flat Foot Floogie" by Slim Gaillard, Slam Stewart and Bud Green; Lyrics for "Down by the Old Mill Stream" by Tell Taylor; Lyrics for "Dinah" by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young; Lyrics for "Rose Room" by Harry Williams; Lyrics for "Sugarfoot Stomp" by Walter Melrose
    Change Your Luck (Jun 06, 1930 - Jun 19, 1930)
    Musical, Original
    • Music and Lyrics of "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy
    Shubert Gaieties of 1919 (Jul 17, 1919 - Oct 18, 1919)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional lyrics by W. C. Handy and Blanche Merrill
    • Additional music by M. K. Jerome and W. C. Handy
Black and Blue (Jan 26, 1989 - Jan 20, 1991)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Ellas McDaniel, W. C. Handy, Spencer Williams, Clarence Williams, J. Turner Layton, Andy Razaf, Alex Hill, Louis Armstrong, Percy Venable, Jimmy McHugh, Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds, Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley, Jimmie Lunceford, Saul Chaplin, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Harry Brooks, John Green, Harry Akst, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, Eubie Blake, Leslie Johnakins, Andy Kirk, Harold Arlen, Big Maybelle Smith, Sy Johnson and Leroy Kirkland
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Henry Creamer, Ellas McDaniel, Jack Palmer, Andy Razaf, Dorothy Fields, Al J. Nieburg, Manny Curtis, Irving Mills, Sammy Cahn, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, Harry Brooks, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Leslie Johnakins, Andy Kirk, Ted Koehler, Big Maybelle Smith, Grant Clarke, W. C. Handy, Alex Hill and Leroy Kirkland
Bubbling Brown Sugar (Mar 02, 1976 - Dec 31, 1977)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake, Lil Armstrong, Shelton Brooks, Cab Calloway, Jimmy Cox, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Earl "Fatha" Hines, W. C. Handy, Arthur Herzog, Jr., Avon Long, W. Benton Overstreet, Maceo Pinkard, Edgar Sampson, Will E. Skidmore, Billy Strayhorn, Renton Tunnah, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Chick Webb, Bert Williams, Billy Higgins, Irving Mills, Paul Denniker and Charles H. Gabriel
At Home With Ethel Waters (Sep 22, 1953 - Oct 10, 1953)
Special, Original
  • Music for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson; Music for "Sleepy Time Down South" by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René; Music for "Throw Dirt" by Shelton Brooks; Music for "Am I Blue" and "Dinah" by Harry Akst; Music for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose and Sam M. Lewis; Music for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Alberta Nichols; Music for "Bread and Gravy" by Hoagy Carmichael; Music for "Love For Sale" by Cole Porter; Music for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton; Music for "My Man" by Maurice Yvain; Music for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy; Music for "Suppertime" by Irving Berlin; Music for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by Vernon Duke; Music for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" and "Stormy Weather" by Harold Arlen; Music for "Lady Be Good" by George Gershwin
  • Lyrics for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson; Lyrics for "Sleepy Time Down South" by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René; Lyrics for "Throw Dirt" by Shelton Brooks; Lyrics for "Am I Blue" by Grant Clarke; Lyrics for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose; Lyrics for "Half of Me" and "Dinah" by Sam M. Lewis; Lyrics for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Mann Holiner; Lyrics for "Dinah" by Joe Young; Lyrics for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton; French Lyrics for "My Man" by Albert Willemetz and Jacques Charles; English Lyrics for "My Man" by Channing Pollock; Lyrics for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy; Lyrics for "Suppertime" by Irving Berlin; Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by John Latouche; Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" by Ted Fetter; Lyrics for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" by E.Y. Harburg; Lyrics for "Lady Be Good" by Ira Gershwin; Lyrics for "Stormy Weather" by Ted Koehler
Swingin' The Dream (Nov 29, 1939 - Dec 09, 1939)
Musical, Original
  • Music for "Jumpin' at the Woodside" by Count Basie; Music for "Pick-a-Rib," "Rachel's Dream" and "Flying Home" by Benny Goodman; Music for "Wedding March" by Felix Mendelssohn; Music for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy; Music for "Ain't Misbehavin'" by Thomas "Fats" Waller; Music for "Ain't Misbehaving'" by Harry Brooks; Music for "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" by Jimmy Hugh; Music for "Moonglow" by Will Hudson, Eddie de Lange and Irving Mills; Music for "Hold Tight-Hold Tight" by Leonard Kent, Edward Robinson, Leonard Ware, Jerry Brandow and Willie Spotswood; Music for "My Melancholy Baby" by Ernie Burnett; Music for "Christopher Columbus" by Leon Berry; Music for "Way Down Younder in New Orleans" by Larry Clinton; Music for "Ol' Man Mose" by Louis Armstrong; Music for "Jeepers Creepers" by Harry Warren; Music for "Oh, You Crazy Moon" by James Van Heusen; Music for "The Flat Foot Floogie" by Slim Gaillard, Slam Stewart and Bud Green; Music for "Down by the Old Mill Stream" by Tell Taylor; Music for "Big John's Special" by Horace Henderson; Music for "Dinah" by Harry Akst; Music for "Rose Room" by Art Hickman; Music for "Flying Home' by Lionel Hampton; Music for "Sugarfoot Stomp" by Joseph Oliver
  • Lyrics for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy; Lyrics for "Ain't Misbehaving'" and "Christopher Columbus" by Andy Razaf; Lyrics for "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" by Dorothy Fields; Lyrics for "Moonglow" by Will Hudson, Eddie de Lange and Irving Mills; Lyrics for "Hold Tight-Hold Tight" by Leonard Kent, Edward Robinson, Leonard Ware and Jerry Brandow; Lyrics for "The Flat Foot Floogie" by Slim Gaillard, Slam Stewart and Bud Green; Lyrics for "Down by the Old Mill Stream" by Tell Taylor; Lyrics for "Dinah" by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young; Lyrics for "Rose Room" by Harry Williams; Lyrics for "Sugarfoot Stomp" by Walter Melrose
Change Your Luck (Jun 06, 1930 - Jun 19, 1930)
Musical, Original
  • Music and Lyrics of "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy
Shubert Gaieties of 1919 (Jul 17, 1919 - Oct 18, 1919)
Musical, Original
  • Additional lyrics by W. C. Handy and Blanche Merrill
  • Additional music by M. K. Jerome and W. C. Handy

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