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» This article is on the American songwriter. For the snooker player, see Walter Donaldson (snooker player).Walter Donaldson (
February 15,
1893 -
July 15,
1947) was a prolific
United States popular
songwriter, producing many hit songs of the
1910s and
1920s.
Donaldson was born in
Brooklyn, New York, the son of a
piano teacher. While still in school he wrote original music for school productions, and had his first professional songs published in
1915. The following year he'd a hit with "The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady". After serving in the
United States Army in
World War I, Donaldson was hired as a songwriter by
Irving Berlin Music Company. He stayed with Berlin until
1928, producing many hit songs, then in
1928 established his own publishing company. His company was legally
Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble, Inc, but all the publications had Walter Donaldson's name in large letters, and the legal name of the company in fine print.
Walter Donaldson published some 600 of his original songs. His biggest hits included:
Several of these songs were written with lyricist
Gus Kahn.
At the end of the 1920s Donaldson moved to
Hollywood and worked composing and arranging music for
motion pictures. His film credits include work on such pictures as
Glorifying the American Girl,
Suzi,
The Great Ziegfeld,
Panama Hattie,
Follow the Boys, and
Nevada.
Walter Donaldson retired in
1943 and died in
Santa Monica, California.
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