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Songwriter Biography: BURKE, JOE

BURKE, JOE          Hall of Fame
(Joseph A. Burke)
Born: 1884 Philadelphia, PA
Died: 1950 Upper Darby, PA
Collaborators: Al Dubin, Edgar Leslie, Benny Davis, Marty
Symes, Mark Fisher, Charles Tobias

Films: Gold Diggers of Broadway, Hold Everything

Principal Songs: At a Perfume Counter, By the River of the Roses,
Carolina Moon, Crosby Columbo and Vallee, Dancing with Tears
in My Eyes, For You, In a Little Gypsy Tea Room, In the Valley
of the Moon, It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane, A
Little Bit Independent, Moon Over Miami, Oh How I Miss You
Tonight, On Treasure Island, Painting the Clouds with
Sunshine, Rambling Rose, Robins and Roses, Tip Toe Through
the Tulips with Me, Yearning
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