Bert Grant Explained

Bert Grant (12 July 1878 – 9 May 1951) was an American composer, pianist, and charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.^[1]

Biography

He was born in New York in 1878.^[2]

He worked for both Tin Pan Alley music publishers and Broadway theater companies.^[3]

He performed the first musical broadcast from Roselle Park, New Jersey.^[4]

Selected works

• "Along the Rocky Road to Dublin"
• "Arrah Go On, I'm Gonna Go Back To Oregon"
• "Blue Bird"
• "If I Knock the 'L' out of Kelly"
• "In the Light of the Same Old Moon"
• "The Trolley Car Swing"
• "The Worst Is Yet to Come"
• "When the Angelus is Ringing"
• ""
• "When You're Away"

Selected Broadway credits

• Cinderella on Broadway^[5]

Awards

Seventeen of his songs are in the National Jukebox at the Library of Congress.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bert Grant. IMDb.com.
2. Book: Tyler. Don. Music of the First World War. 2016. Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC. Santa Barbara, California. 9781440839962. 234.
3. Web site: Bert Grant – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB. The Broadway. League. IBDB.com.
4. Book: Tyler. Don. Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era. 2007. McFarland. Jefferson, NC. 978-0786429462. 400.
5. Book: Bordman. Gerald Martin. Norton. Richard. American musical theatre: a chronicle. 2010. Oxford University Press. New York. 9780199729708. 401.
6. Web site: Artists Bert Grant National Jukebox LOC.gov . www.loc.gov . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130119142156/http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/artists/detail/id/761 . 2013-01-19.