Bert Grant
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Bert Grant (12 July 1878 – 9 May 1951[n 1]) was an American composer, pianist, and charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.[2]
Biography
He was born in New York in 1878.[3]
He worked for both Tin Pan Alley music publishers and Broadway theater companies.[4]
He performed the first musical broadcast from Roselle Park, New Jersey.[5]
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 The Sun Goes Down In Romany: My Heart Goes Roaming Back To You"
- "When You're Away"
Selected Broadway credits
- Cinderella on Broadway[6]
Awards
Seventeen of his songs are in the National Jukebox at the Library of Congress.[7]