Mort Dixon
Mort Dixon (born March 20, 1892 in New York City , † March 23, 1956 in Bronxville , New York ) was an American musician , songwriter and lyricist .
Live and act
Mort Dixon appeared in vaudeville shows at the beginning of his career . During the First World War he was in France and directed the Whiz Bang Army Show . He began writing songs in the early 1920s, working with composer Ray Henderson ; so a number of songs like " That Old Gang of Mine " came about . In 1924 he worked for the Ziegfeld Follies revue . Dixon and Henderson's next big hit was Bye Bye Blackbird in 1926 , which would also become a jazz standard . He also worked with Harry Warren , Harry M. Woods and Allie Wrubel on many songs . Due to his great success on Broadway , Dixon went to Hollywood in 1934 .
Mort Dixon was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame .
His most famous songs
That Old Gang of Mine (1921), Bye Bye Blackbird (1926), I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (1927), Nagasaki (1928), Would You Like to Take a Walk? (1930), I Found a Million Dollar Baby (1931), You're My Everything (1931), River, Stay 'Way from My Door (1931), Flirtation Walk (1934), Mr. and Mrs. is the Name ( 1934), The Lady in Red (1935) and Gone with the Wind (1937).
literature
- Ken Bloom: The American Songbook - The Singers, the Songwriters, and the Songs - . New York City, Black Dog & Leventhal, 2005 ISBN 1-57912-448-8 )
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| SURNAME | Dixon, Mort |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dixon, Mortimer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician, songwriter and lyricist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1956 |
| Place of death | Bronxville , New York |