Johnny Burke the Songwriter
This morning's subject is not to be confused with the other Johnny Burke the minor film comedian. This Johnny Burke (1908-1964) was a tin pan alley songwriter, usually a lyricist. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Burke started out as a song plugger for the Chicago branch of Irving Berlin's publishing comany, and as […]
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