Springville Herald | 1938-08-11 | Page 3 | Who Wrote it?

' "Star Diisl" j Some-times I won-der 4 Jv l ' J , Y " ' By Joseph R. Fliesler MOST composers can trace their musical heritage directly from a parent. This young fellow's mother played a rag-time piano but wanted her boy to study the classics. clas-sics. He went from Bloomington, Indiana, where he was born, to Indiana In-diana University to study law. But music had him and he began to write. Paul Whiteman liked his "Washboard Blues" and New York pnhllshcra called him. He saw no future in that and went to banking, then to Florida to practice law bni lie still had swing in bis heart. Back he went to tndtnnapotis for a last stand with his profession and the law saw the last of his efforts. "Star Dust" had created no furore for two yar then suddenly, after ibp ynnng composer bad been re.tfou;d by Hollywood the song luolte" and hit the high heavens of success. Now the movies (tc-vwncted (tc-vwncted htm. Bnt he cant his lot with music and Joined the American Society of Composers. Authors, and Pnbiish--ers, where his royalty classification 'has Inn-eased with the prodnction of such other songs as "Iaxv Bones," "l,azy River." and "Little oid Lady." Ills name is iseuoitu-nto 0boh fMuslc Feature A Pboto Syndicate)