Al Jacobs(1903-1985)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("This Is My Country", "I Need You Now", "If I Give My Heart
to You"), composer, conductor, pianist, author and singer. He was a
piano salesman after college and taught piano, then became the general
manager of the Sherman Clay & Company and the business manager at the
Miller Music Company. Later he became a professional manager at the
Crawford Music, Melrose Music, and Stasny Music companies, then was
assistant music director at Al Pearce radio, and manager at the
Wurlitzer Music School in San Francisco. He joined KGO radio as staff
pianist, and was a singer and pianist for KJBS radio. Joining ASCAP in
1936, his chief musical collaborators included Jimmie Crane and Joseph
Meyer, and his other popular-song compositions included "Hurt", "Ev'ry
Day of My Life", "Just One More Time", "Please Believe Me", "'Taint No
Good", "But I Did", "All I Want Is a Chance", "Anybody's Love Song",
"The Last Polka", "I'm Just an Ordinary Human Being", "When the Roses
Bloom Again", "Honolulu", "There'll Never Be Another You", "Make a
Wish", "Scalawag", "I'm Glad I Waited for You", "Will o' the Wisp",
"Fortune for a Penny", "My Believing Heart", "I'm a Lucky Devil", "Time
Stands Still", "I've Got a Heart Filled With Love", "Twilight
Interlude", "No More Rivers to Cross", "Kon Tiki", "Crime and
Punishment", "Rosie the Redskin", "Surprise", and "My Sailor
Boy".
