John Stromberg
John Alexander "Honey" Stromberg (aka Stramberg ; born November 9, 1858 in Milton , Prince Edward Island , † July 5, 1902 in Freeport , New York ) was a Canadian composer, pianist and conductor.
Stromberg had music lessons from his father, the arranger and musician Nathaniel Philip Stramberg . He led the River John Brass Band and from 1878 in Nova Scotia the Pictou Choral Society and the Pictou Concert Band . With a troupe of traveling musicians he went to New York as a pianist and worked there as an arranger for the music publisher Witmark. In 1895 he wrote his first hit here, the song My Best Girl's a Corker .
In 1896 Stromberg was hired as a composer and conductor for the shows of the comedy duo Weber and Fields in the New York Weber and Fields Music Hall , where he worked with William T. Francis and Edgar Smith , among others . His successful productions included The Art of Maryland (1896–97), Hurly-Burly (1898), Helter-Skelter (1899), Fiddle-Dee-Dee (1900-01), Hoity-Toity (1901-02) and Twirly -Whirly (1902-03).
Several of his songs became very popular, such as Kiss Me Honey, Do in the recording by Arthur Collins , Ma Blushin 'Rosie interpreted by Albert Campbell and by HH Dudley (1901), later by Al Jolson , and Come Down, Ma Evenin' Star (with Henry Burr and with Mina Hickman , both 1903). Stromberg took his own life with poison in 1902.
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| SURNAME | Stromberg, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stromberg, John Alexander (full name); Stromberg, Honey (nickname); Stramberg, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian composer, pianist and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milton , Prince Edward Island |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 1902 |
| Place of death | Freeport , New York |