Billy Moll

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Billy Moll (* 18th April 1905 in Madison , Wisconsin ; † 17th January 1968 in Stoughton , Wisconsin) was an American songwriter and songwriter .

Live and act

Moll worked as a songwriter for various music publishers and music film productions; from the mid-1920s he wrote songs for Annette Hanshaw ( Six Feet of Papa , with Arthur L. Sizemore, 1926) for the jazz band McKinney's Cotton Pickers ( I Want a Little Girl , 1930, with Murray Mencher ) for Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys ( So the Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together , with Harry Barris , from Der Jazzkönig ) or for Roy Smeck ( Moonlight On the Colorado , 1930, with Robert AK King ). In the 30s he wrote lyrics for movie songs like Honeymoon Lane and Ro-Ro-Rolling Along , the theme music from Near the Rainbow's End , with the vocals of Sammy Fain .

His best-known songs include Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) (1931), which he wrote with Ted Koehler and Harry Barris and was a big hit for Bing Crosby , and Hang Out the Stars in Indiana (1931, with Harry MacGregor Woods ), made famous by Ray Noble / Al Bowlly , and not least I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream (1927, with Howard Johnson and Robert AK King), in later years under the short title Ice Cream is a standard in the repertoire of Dixieland jazz.

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  1. ↑ Songs, written or co-written by Harry MacGregor Woods
personal data
SURNAME Minor, billy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Madison , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 1968
Place of death Stoughton , Wisconsin