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Songwriter Biography: COHAN, GEORGE M.

COHAN, GEORGE M.    Hall of Fame
(George Michael Cohan)
Born: 1878 Providence, RI
Died: 1942 New York, NY

Date of birth July 3, not July 4 as promoted.  From the
vaudeville act of "The Four Cohans", he became writer,
producer, director and star of Broadway shows.  Particular
emphasis on patriotic songs; received Congressional Medal of
Honor. Screen biography "Yankee Doodle Dandy" with James
Cagney as Cohan.  Biographical Broadway show "George M" in
1999 starred Joel Grey in the title role.  Cohan in Rodgers &
Hart musical "I'd Rather Be Right" in role of President, also
in film "The Phantom President".

Shows: The Governor's Son, Mother Goose, Running for Office,
Little Johnny Jones, Forty-five Minutes from Broadway, George
Washington Jr., The Honeymooners, The Talk of New York, Fifty
Miles from Boston, The Yankee Prince, The American Idea, The
Man Who Owns Broadway, The Little Millionaire, Vera Violetta,
Hello Broadway, The Cohan Revue (2), The Voice of McConnell,
The Royal Vagabond, LIttle Nellie Kelly, The Rise of Rosie
O'Reilly, The Merry Malones, Billie

Principal Songs: Give My Regards to Broadway, The Yankee Doodle Boy,
Life's a Funny Proposition AFter All, Mary's a Grand Old Name,
Forty-five Minutes from Broadway, So Long Mary, You're a Grand
Old Flag, Harrigan, Over There
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