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Dave Franklin (September 28, 1895 – February 2, 1970)[1] was an accomplished American songwriter and pianist. A member of Tin Pan Alley, Franklin co-wrote "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", which was adopted as the theme song to the Looney Tunes cartoon series. His primary collaborator was lyricist Cliff Friend. His other collaborators included Al Dubin, Isham Jones, Irving Taylor. Franklin worked in vaudeville and night clubs in the U.S. and Europe. According to The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900–1950, by Roger Kinkle, he left school at 13 to work as a pianist in a publishing house. Some of his songs were recorded by Glen Gray, Isham Jones, Guy Lombardo and Frankie Trumbauer.[2]
Dave Franklin | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 28, 1895 |
| Origin | New York, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 2, 1970 (aged 74) |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
Shows and films edit
- Paramount on Parade
- That's Right—You're Wrong
Songs edit
Unknown date edit
- Cincinnati Rag
- If I Had a Magic Carpet
- Rhythm of the Tambourine (in 1929 Broadway Scandals)
1930 edit
- I'm Isidore the Toreador
1934 edit
- Blue Lament
- I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just Dreaming
- It's Funny to Everyone But Me
1935 edit
- Give a Broken Heart a Break
- I Woke Up Too Soon
1936 edit
- Breakin' in a New Pair of Shoes
- I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music
- When My Dreamboat Comes Home
1937 edit
- Everything You Said Came True
- Never Should Have Told You
- The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down
- Two Dreams Got Together
- You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming
1938 edit
- I Come From a Musical Family
- I Must See Annie Tonight
- There's a Brand New Picture in My Picture Frame
- Who Do You Think I Saw Last Night?
1939 edit
- Happy Birthday to Love
- I'm Building a Sailboat of Dreams
- The Concert in the Park
- You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer
1941 edit
- El vals del aniversario
1942 edit
- The Penny Arcade
1943 edit
- It's Like Old Times
1944 edit
- By The Old Corral
1945 edit
- Lily Belle
1946 edit
- One-zy Two-zy
1947 edit
- Dreamer's Holiday
- Lone Star Moon
1949 edit
- California Orange Blossom
- The Golden Sands of Hawaii
1950 edit
- A Good Time Was Had By All
- A Man Wrote a Song
- You Are My Love
1954 edit
- Still You'd Break My Heart
1958 edit
- The Voice in My Heart
Audio recordings of songs edit
1956– John Serry Sr. recorded When My Dreamboat Comes Home for Dot Records (See Squeeze Play (album))
1956 Fats Domino recorded When My Dreamboat Comes Home for Imperial Records (See Fats Domino Rock and Rollin')
1965 Fats Domino re-recorded When My Dreamboat Comes Home for ABC-Paramount Records
References edit
- ^ "Dave Franklin - IMDb", IMDb, retrieved 15 August 2020
- ^ "Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra", archive.vn, 15 October 2013, archived from the original on 15 October 2013, retrieved 15 August 2020
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