Jack Norworth
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Jack Norworth
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American songwriter, singer and vaudeville performer.
(5 January 1879 - 1 September 1959).
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Norworth is credited as co-writer of a number of Tin Pan Alley hits. He wrote the lyrics of the song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (music by Albert Von Tilzer) in 1908, his most long lasting hit. But it wasn't until 1940 that he actually witnessed a Major League Baseball game. His "Shine On, Harvest Moon" was an even bigger hit at the time. There is some disagreement about Norworth's involvement in the latter. Broadway historian John Kenrick credits Edward Madden and Gus Edwards, while the family of Follies songwriter Dave Stamper claims he wrote the song while working as pianist for Nora Bayes, who is the officially credited co-writer with Norworth.
Other popular songs credited to Norworth include "Back to My Old Home Town"; "Come Along, My Mandy"; "Dear Dolly"; "Good Evening, Caroline"; "Holding Hands"; "Honey Boy"; "I'm Glad I'm a Boy/I'm Glad I'm a Girl"; "I'm Glad I'm Married"; "Kitty"; "Meet Me in Apple Blossom Time"; "Over on the Jersey Side"; "Since My Mother Was a Girl"; "Sing an Irish Song" and "Smarty." "Turn Off Your Light, Mr. Moon Man" is a sequel to "Shine on, Harvest Moon."
In 1908 he married Nora Bayes, with whom he performed in vaudeville. Following the Ziegfeld Follies (1909), Norworth appeared in a number of Broadway theater productions and was heard on early radio, such as his March 1928 guest appearance on Acousticon Hour.
After Bayes, he was married to actress Louise Dresser. He appeared in early sound films with his third wife, Dorothy Adelphi. He was portrayed by Dennis Morgan in the 1944 musical film Shine On, Harvest Moon (in which Ann Sheridan played Bayes as the love of Norworth's life) and by Ron Husmann in the 1978 Ziegfeld biopic Ziegfeld: The Man & His Women. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Jack Norworth died of a heart attack in Laguna Beach, California and is interred at Melrose Abbey Memorial Park in Anaheim, California. On July 11, 2010, a 3-foot-tall (0.91 m) black granite monument, paid for by concerned fans, was installed about 100 feet from Jack's actual headstone.
(5 January 1879 - 1 September 1959).
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Norworth is credited as co-writer of a number of Tin Pan Alley hits. He wrote the lyrics of the song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (music by Albert Von Tilzer) in 1908, his most long lasting hit. But it wasn't until 1940 that he actually witnessed a Major League Baseball game. His "Shine On, Harvest Moon" was an even bigger hit at the time. There is some disagreement about Norworth's involvement in the latter. Broadway historian John Kenrick credits Edward Madden and Gus Edwards, while the family of Follies songwriter Dave Stamper claims he wrote the song while working as pianist for Nora Bayes, who is the officially credited co-writer with Norworth.
Other popular songs credited to Norworth include "Back to My Old Home Town"; "Come Along, My Mandy"; "Dear Dolly"; "Good Evening, Caroline"; "Holding Hands"; "Honey Boy"; "I'm Glad I'm a Boy/I'm Glad I'm a Girl"; "I'm Glad I'm Married"; "Kitty"; "Meet Me in Apple Blossom Time"; "Over on the Jersey Side"; "Since My Mother Was a Girl"; "Sing an Irish Song" and "Smarty." "Turn Off Your Light, Mr. Moon Man" is a sequel to "Shine on, Harvest Moon."
In 1908 he married Nora Bayes, with whom he performed in vaudeville. Following the Ziegfeld Follies (1909), Norworth appeared in a number of Broadway theater productions and was heard on early radio, such as his March 1928 guest appearance on Acousticon Hour.
After Bayes, he was married to actress Louise Dresser. He appeared in early sound films with his third wife, Dorothy Adelphi. He was portrayed by Dennis Morgan in the 1944 musical film Shine On, Harvest Moon (in which Ann Sheridan played Bayes as the love of Norworth's life) and by Ron Husmann in the 1978 Ziegfeld biopic Ziegfeld: The Man & His Women. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Jack Norworth died of a heart attack in Laguna Beach, California and is interred at Melrose Abbey Memorial Park in Anaheim, California. On July 11, 2010, a 3-foot-tall (0.91 m) black granite monument, paid for by concerned fans, was installed about 100 feet from Jack's actual headstone.
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Jack Norworth | College Medley (Shellac, 10", S/Sided) | Victor | 60014 | US | 1910 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nora Bayes - Jack Norworth | Nora Bayes - Jack Norworth - Turn Off Your Light, Mr. Moon Man (Shellac, 12", S/Sided) | Victor | 70038 | US | 1911 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Norworth | For Months And Months And Months (Shellac, 10", S/Sided) | Victor | 60030 | US | 1911 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nora Bayes - Jack Norworth | Nora Bayes - Jack Norworth - Rosa Rosetta (Shellac, 12", S/Sided, RP) | Victor | 70019 | US | 1914 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nora Bayes – Jack Norworth | Nora Bayes – Jack Norworth - Come Along My Mandy (Shellac, 12", S/Sided, RP) | Victor | 70016 | US | 1916 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Norworth | People Like Us / A Sleepy Little Village | Regal (3) | 9216 | US | 1922 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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S 5003 | Jack Norworth | My Boy / Only A Bit Of Ireland (Shellac, 10") | Cleartone Record | S 5003 | US | 1922 | Sell This Version | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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S 5002 | Jack Norworth | All On Account Of A Girl / She Belongs To Me (Shellac, 10") | Cleartone Record | S 5002 | US | 1922 | Sell This Version | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Norworth | Kitty, The Telephone Girl / Mother's Sitting Knitting Little Mittens (Shellac, 10", RP) | Columbia | 2539 | UK | Unknown | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nora Bayes And Jack Norworth | Nora Bayes And Jack Norworth - Together And Alone (2xCD, Comp) | Archeophone Records | ARCH 5007 | US | 2004 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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29220 |
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Jack Norworth / Arthur Fields | Jack Norworth / Arthur Fields - I Want To Go Back There Again / The Yanks Are At It Again (Pathé Disc, 29cm, 80 RPM) | Pathé | 29220 | US | 1918 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Norworth | Ten Little Bridesmaids / I Stopped And I Looked And I Listened (Pathé Disc, 29cm, 80 RPM) | Pathé | 29208 | US | 1919 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Norworth | Oh! To-Morrow Night / Can You Tame Wild Wimmen? (Pathé Disc, 29cm, 80 RPM) | Pathé | 29231 | US | 1919 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Norworth | It's Hard To Settle Down To Civilian Life Once More / Argentines, Portuguese And Greeks (Pathé Disc, 25cm, 80 RPM) | Pathé | 22335 | US | 1920 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Norworth | My Old New Jersey Home / Vamping Rose (Pathé Disc, 25cm, 80 RPM) | Pathé | 20535 | US | 1921 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Norworth | Ten Little Bottles / I'm On Strike | Pathé | 20458 | US | Unknown | Sell This Version |