Mort Dixon(1892-1956)
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("Bye, Bye Blackbird", "That Old Gang of Mine", "The Lady in
Red", "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover"), and author, educated at
DeWitt Clinton High School. He was a vaudeville actor, and served in
the US Army during World War I, directing the Army show "Whiz Bang",
with which he toured Europe after the war. He wrote the Broadway scores
for "Laugh Parade", and wrote songs for "Sweet and Low" and "Crazy
Quilt". Joining ASCAP in 1924, his musical collaborators included Bily
Rose, Ray Henderson, Harry Warren, Harry Woods, and Allie Wrubel. His
other popular-song compositions include "If I Had a Girl Like You",
"Just Like a Butterfly that's Caught in the Rain", "River, Stay 'Way
from My Door", "Marching Along Together", "My Old Man", "Nagasaki",
"You're My Everything", "Would You Like to Take a Walk?", "Ooh, That
Kiss", "I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cent Store",
"Pop Goes Your Heart", "Happiness Ahead", "Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name",
"Flirtation Walk", "Fare Thee Well, Annabelle", and "I See Two
Lovers".
