Billy Moll
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.
Web links
- Portrait at Jazzbiographies.com
- Billy Moll in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Billy Moll at Allmusic (English)
- Billy Moll at Discogs (English)
- Billy Moll in the DAHR database , see also other database entries: A B (English). Retrieved June 15, 2019.
Individual evidence
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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 |