Irving Caesar(1895-1996)
- Music Department
- Writer
- Composer
Composer, songwriter ("Swanee", "Tea for Two", "Crazy Rhythm", "Just a
Gigolo"), author and publisher, educated at Chautauqua Mountain
Institute and City College of New York. He was a stenographer aboard
the Henry Ford Peace Ship during World War I. He joined ASCAP in 1920
and was a director between 1920 and 1946, and again in 1949, and he was
the co-founder and a past-president of AGAC. He collaborated musically
with George Gershwin,
Vincent Youmans,
Victor Herbert,
Sigmund Romberg,
Rudolf Friml,
Ray Henderson,
Cliff Friend,
Louis Hirsch,
Roger Wolfe Kahn,
Joseph Meyer,
Oscar Levant and
Gerald Marks. His Broadway stage
scores include "Greenwich Village Follies " (four editions), "Betty
Lee", "Sweetheart Time", "No, No, Nanette", "Yes, Yes, Yvette", "Here's
Howe", "Americana", "Ripples", "Nina Rosa", "The Wonder Bar", "Melody"
and "White Horse Inn". His popular song compositions also include
"Imagination", "There Ought to Be a Law Against That", "Lady Play Your
Mandolin", "You Are the Song", "What, No Mickey Mouse", "Give Me a Roll
on the Drum", "If I Forget You", "Hold My Hand", "My Dog Loves Your
Dog", "Oh, You Nasty Man", "Oh, Susannah, Dust Off that Old Pianna",
"That's What I Want for Christmas", "Animal Crackers in My Soup", "Blue
Eyes", "I Canno Live Without Your Love", "Is It True What They Say
About Dixie?", "Love Is Such a Cheat", "Umbriago", "I Was So Young (You
Were So Beautiful), "Sixty Seconds Every Minute", "Chansonette", "What
Do You Do Sunday, Mary?", "Nashville Nightingale", "I Want to Be
Happy", "Too Many Rings Around Rosie", "You Can Dance With Any Girl At
All", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "Gigolette", "I'm a Little Fonder of You",
and "Your US Mail Gets Through" (official song, National Association of
Postmasters of the U.S.).
