Robert A. King (composer) explained

Robert A. King
Birth Date:20 September 1862
Other Names:Mary Earl,
Betty Chapin,
Robert A. Keiser
Occupation:composer and lyricist
Years Active:1900-1932
Notable Works:Lafayette, We Hear you Calling,
Beautiful Ohio

Robert A. King (September 20, 1862 – April 13, 1932) was a prolific early twentieth century American composer, who wrote under pen names including the pen names, Mary Earl,[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Robert A. Keiser,[6] and Betty Chapin.[7]

Career

Some authors believe that King wrote the song The Fountain in the Park, credited to vaudevillian Ed Haley.[8] [9]

In January 1903, King managed the Teachers' Department for Leo Feist Inc., one of Tin Pan Alley's music publishers.[10]

His first hit was ‘’Anona.’’[1] He collaborated musically with Ballard Macdonald, Billy Moll, Ted Fiorito, Howard Johnson, Gus Kahn,[11] and Charley Straight.[12]

In 1918, King as Mary Earl composed Beautiful Ohio with lyrics by Ballard Macdonald. A chart topper during the year of its release, it sold more than five million copies for publisher Shapiro, Bernstein, & Company.[13]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mary Earl .
  2. Web site: Mary Earl i.e., Robert King. Library of Congress.
  3. Web site: WOMEN IN AMERICAN MUSIC, PAGE 2.
  4. Book: WALSH, THOMAS P.. Tin Pan Alley and the Philippines American Songs of War And Love, 1898-1946. Scarecrow Press Inc. 2013. 245. 978-0810886087 .
  5. Book: Vogel . Frederick G. . World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes with Over 300 Complete Lyrics . 1995 . McFarland & Company, Inc. . Jefferson, North Carolina . 0899509525 . 51.
  6. Book: Jasen . David A. . Tin Pan Alley: the Composers, the Songs, the Performers, and their Times . 1988 . Donald I. Fine, INc. . New York . 1556110995 . 35, 304.
  7. Web site: Robert King (composer) - Discography of American Historical Recordings. adp.library.ucsb.edu.
  8. Book: Marcuse, Maxwell F.. Century House. Watkins Glen, N.Y.. Tin Pan Alley in gaslight;a saga of the songs that made the gray nineties "gay.". 1959. 60. 2027/uc1.31822013278122.
  9. Book: Studwell, William E. (William Emmett). William Studwell

    . New York . Haworth Press. 978-0-7890-0150-4. William Studwell. The Americana song reader. 2021-03-01. 1997. 122.

  10. Book: Jasen . David A. . Tin Pan Alley: the Composers, the Songs, the Performers, and their Times . 1988 . Donald I. Fine, Inc. . New York . 1556110995 . 35.
  11. Web site: Robert A. King. IMDb.
  12. Book: Jansen . David A. . Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song . 2004 . Routledge . 1135949018 . 138 . 17 December 2018.
  13. Book: Jasen . David A. . Tin Pan Alley: the Composers, the Songs, the Performers and their Times . 1988 . Donald I. Fine . New York . 1556110995 . 111.
  14. Web site: Lafayette: (we hear you calling). - Pritzker Military Museum & Library - Chicago. www.pritzkermilitary.org.
  15. Web site: Lafayette: (we hear you calling) - Pritzker Military Museum & Library - Chicago. www.pritzkermilitary.org.

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