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Songwriter Biography: AKST, HARRY

AKST, HARRY         Hall of Fame
Born: 1894 New York, NY
Died: 1963 Hollywood, CA
Collaborators:  Benny Davis, Sam Lewis, Joe Young, Bert
Kalmar, Grant Clarke, Gus Kahn, Richard Whiting, Lew Brown

Shows:  Artists and Models of 1927, Calling All Stars,
Cotton Club Revue

Principal Songs:  Am I Blue, Anema E Core, Baby Face, Dinah, Guilty,
I'm the Medicine Man for the Blues, No Sad Songs for Me, On
with the Dance, A Smile Will Go a Long Long Way, There's
Nothing Too Good for My Baby
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