Edgar Leslie

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Edgar Leslie (born December 31, 1885 in Stamford / Connecticut , † January 22, 1976 in New York City ) was an American songwriter.

Leslie grew up in New York and studied at the Cooper Union . In 1909 he wrote his first song Lonesome , which was recorded in the same year by the Haydn Quartet and later by Byron G. Harlan and was his first great success. At the same time he began to work with the young Irving Berlin , for whom he wrote the lyrics to I Didn't Go Home at All , Sadie Salome (Go Home!) , Someone's Waiting for Me (1909), Don't Put Out wrote the Light (1911), There's a Girl in Arizona (1913), and Let's All Be Americans Now (1917). With Grant Clarke and the composer Maurice Abrahams he wrote He'd Have to Get Under - Get Out and Get Under in 1913 and with James V. Monaco in 1923 Dirty Hands, Dirty Face for Al Jolson . For Me and My Gal (with Ray Goetz and George W. Meyer ) was also sung by Jolson, but best known for the film of the same name with Judy Garland .

In 1927 Leslie took a trip to England, where he wrote several songs in collaboration with composer Horatio Nicholls , including Among My Souvenirs , which became a hit with Connie Francis in 1959 . Other successful songs were Midnight Blue (1936), Were You Foolin '? ' In a Little Gypsy Tearoom (for Arthur Tracy ), The Moon Was Yellow , ' Tain't No Sin Moon Over Miami (1935) with Joe Burke and - successfully with the bandleader Eddy Duchin - Romance (1945, with Walter Donaldson ).

Leslie wrote numerous songs for vaudeville performances, in particular for the singers Nat Wills , Julian Rose , Belle Baker , Lew Dockstader , James Barton and Joe Welch . In addition to the above, he also wrote the lyrics for the composers Joe Burke , Fred Ahlert , Archie Gottler , Maurie Abrams , Joe Young , Harry Warren , Pete Wendling and E. Ray Goetz . In 1931 he was one of the founders of the Songwriters Protective Association , from which the Songwriters Guild of America Union emerged . From 1914 he was a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), from 1931 to 1941 and from 1947 to 1953 one of its directors.

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SURNAME Leslie, Edgar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Stamford, Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH 22nd January 1976
Place of death New York City