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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 304 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-10937	10-in.	9/8/1911	Dat's harmony	Arthur Collins	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-11596	10-in.	2/15/1912	That Coontown quartette	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-11906	10-in.	4/23/1912	Ragtime cowboy Joe	Bob Roberts	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-11949	10-in.	4/30/1912	Whistle it	Ada Jones	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-12628	10-in.	11/19/1912	In banjo land	Peerless Quartet ; Fred Van Eps	Male vocal quartet, with banjo and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-12987	10-in.	3/12/1913	There's one in a million like you	Edna Brown ; James F. Harrison	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-13418	10-in.	6/11/1913	Oh you million dollar doll	William J. Halley	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-13560	10-in.	7/10/1913	Salvation Nell	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-13636	10-in.	7/25/1913	When you haven't a beautiful girl	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-13697	10-in.	8/13/1913	Ever since you told me that you loved me	Ed Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-13979	10-in.	10/22/1913	There's a girl in Arizona	Frank Croxton ; Byron G. Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14009	10-in.	10/29/1913	Down in Monkeyville	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14076	10-in.	11/14/1913	He'd have to get under, get out and get under	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14106	10-in.	11/21/1913	At that bully wooly Wild West show	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14165	10-in.	12/9/1913	Sit down (You're rocking the boat)	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14391	10-in.	1/28/1914	On the steps of the great white Capitol (Stood Martha and George)	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14527	10-in.	3/3/1914	I love the ladies	William J. Halley	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14779	10-in.	4/30/1914	He's a devil in his own home town	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14781	10-in.	4/30/1914	The 20th century rag	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14837	10-in.	5/18/1914	All he does is follow them around	William J. Halley	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14912	10-in.	5/28/1914	I love the ladies	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-15035	10-in.	7/2/1914	He'd push it along	Elizabeth Murray	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	C-15049	12-in.	7/9/1914	Broadway favorites	Victor Light Opera Company	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-15073	10-in.	7/17/1914	I can't believe you really love me (It's like a wonderful dream)	Billy Watkins	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-15139	10-in.	8/21/1914	They start the Victrola and go dancing around the floor	Billy Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Clarke, Grant," accessed November 17, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103128.

Clarke, Grant. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 17, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103128.

"Clarke, Grant." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 17 November 2024.