Cliff Friend

Composer, songwriter ("The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"), author and pianist, educated at the Cincinnati College and Conservatory. He was a test pilot at Wright Field. After three years as accompanist to Harry Richman in vaudeville, he was featured in English music halls, and later throughout the world. He wrote the Broadway stage scores for "Piggy" and "George White's Scandals of 1929", and songs for "Bombo" and "The Passing Show of 1921". Joining ASCAP in 1922, his chief musical collaborators were Lew Brown, Sidney Clare, Billy Rose, Irving Caesar, Dave Franklin, Abel Baer, and Charles Tobias. His other popular-song compositions include "Oo-oo Ernest", "You Tell Her, I Stutter", Lovesick Blues", "Blue Hoosier Blues", "June Night", "Mama Loves Papa", "There's 'Yes Yes' in Your Eyes", "Big Butter and Egg Man", "Then I'll Be Happy", "Where the Lazy Daisies Grow", "Give Me a Night in June", "When the Pussywillow Whispers to the Catnip", "My Blackbirds are Bluebirds", "Freddie the Freshman", "Bigger and Better han Ever", "Bottoms Up", "The Broken Record", "When My Dreamboat Comes Home", "Wah-hoo", "You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming", "Tamiami Trail", "I Must See Annie Tonight", "Trade Winds", "We Did It Before, and We Can Do It Again", "Don't Sweetheart Me", "You Missed the Boat", and "Time Waits for No One".