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Songwriter ("Canadian Capers", "Sleep"), bandleader, arranger, pianist, composer and author, educated at Pennsylvania State College. He was pianist and arranger for the Art Hickman orchestra, and became its leader after Hickman's death. He played in hotels and ballrooms throughout the country. He joined ASCAP in 1924, and collaborated musically with Adam Geibel. His other popular song compositions include "Leave Me With a Smile", "Mandalay", "Have You Forgotten?", "Down Honolulu Way", "Where There's a Will There's a Way", "Never Before, Never Again", "This Time Is the Last Time", "When I Hear an Irishman Sing", and "After Every Party".- Writer
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Harry B. Smith was a composer, writer and lyricist. He holds the distinction of being the most prolific of all American playwrights (see "Other Works"), and is said to have written over 300 librettos and more than 6000 lyrics. Some of his best-known works were librettos for the composer Victor Herbert, to whom he is most closely professionally associated with today. He also wrote the book or lyrics for several versions of the Ziegfeld Follies.
Harry's kid brother, Robert Bache Smith [1875-1951] was also a successful lyricist. Harry worked on many of the famous musical theatre productions of his time.- José Sánchez Gerona was born on 28 October 1874 in Granada, Andalucía, Spain. José was a writer, known for Tío de mi vida (1952). José died on 2 January 1936 in Granada, Andalucía, Spain.