Harry Williams (songwriter)
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Williams circa 1915.
Harry Hiram Williams (August 23, 1879 – May 15, 1922) was an American composer, lyricist, and publisher of popular music from 1903 until his death in 1922.
One of his early hits, written in 1905 with Egbert Van Alstyne, is "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree". He also produced story ideas and directed silent movies with Mack Sennett for Keystone Studios, according to Sennett's biography The King of Comedy.
External links[]
- Free scores by Harry Williams (songwriter) at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- discogs.com/artist
- Harry Williams recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
Categories:
- 1879 births
- 1922 deaths
- People from Faribault, Minnesota
- Songwriters from Minnesota
- American composer, 19th-century birth stubs