Benny Davis

Composer, songwriter ("Margie", "Baby Face", "Goodbye Broadway, Hello France"), and author, educated in public schools. He appeared in vaudeville at 14, then toured the country with Benny Fields as accompanist to Blossom Seeley. He wrote the Broadway stage scores for "Artists and Models of 1927" and "Sons o' Guns", and also three editions of the Cotton Club Revues. Joining ASCAP in 1921, his chief musical colaborators included Milton Ager, Harry Akst, Con Conrad, J. Fred Coots, Nathaniel Shilkret, Billy Baskette, Arthur Swanstrom, Ted Murry, and J. Russel Robinson. His other popular-song compositions include "There Goes My Heart", "Oh How I Miss You Tonight", "Yearning", "Carolina Moon", "Sleepyhead", "I Still Get a Thrill", "Why", "Cross Your Fingers", "It's You I Love", "Lonesome and Sorry", "I'm Nobody's Baby", "Chasing Shadows", "Sweetheart", "With These Hands", "Make Believe", "Angel Child", "Lost a Wonderful Girl", "A Smile Will Go a Long Long Way", "Copper-Colored Gal", "You Started Me Dreaming", "To You", "When Will the Sun Shine for Me", "Patricia", "Baby's First Christmas", "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You", "Say It While Dancing", "The Old Mill Wheel", "Follow the Boys", "This Is My Happiest Moment", and "There's No Other Girl".