Jack Norworth
Jack Norworth | |
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Laguna Beach, California, U.S. | |
Genres | Tin Pan Alley |
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Spouse(s) | Nora Bayes, Louise Dresser |
John Godfrey Knauff (January 5, 1879 – September 1, 1959), known professionally as Jack Norworth, was an American songwriter, singer and vaudeville performer.
Biography
Norworth is credited as writer of a number of
His "
Other popular songs credited to Norworth include "Back to My Old Home Town"; "Come Along, My Mandy"; "Dear Dolly"; "Good Evening, Caroline"; "Holding Hands"; "Honey Boy"; "I'm Glad I'm a Boy/I'm Glad I'm a Girl"; "I'm Glad I'm Married"; "Kitty"; "Meet Me in Apple Blossom Time"; "Over on the Jersey Side"; "Since My Mother Was a Girl"; "Sing an Irish Song" and "Smarty." "Turn Off Your Light, Mr. Moon Man" is a sequel to "Shine on, Harvest Moon."
Born John Godfrey Knauff in
Before Bayes, he had been married to actress Louise Dresser. He appeared in early sound films with his third wife, Dorothy Adelphi. His last film role came as a doctor in The Southerner (1945) under the direction of Jean Renoir. He was portrayed by Dennis Morgan in the 1944 musical film Shine On, Harvest Moon (in which Ann Sheridan played Bayes as the love of Norworth's life) and by Ron Husmann in the 1978 Ziegfeld biopic Ziegfeld: The Man & His Women. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Jack Norworth died of a heart attack in Laguna Beach, California in 1959 and was interred at Melrose Abbey Memorial Park in Anaheim, California, just across I-5 from the Los Angeles Angels ballpark.[5]
On July 11, 2010, a 3-foot-tall (0.91 m) black granite monument, paid for by concerned fans, was installed about 100 feet from Jack's actual headstone.[6]
References
- ^ "Songs of the Century". CNN. March 7, 2001. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ ""Take Me Out to the Ball Game": the first century of baseball's enduring anthem: the Chicago Cubs were reigning world champions; John McGraw was in the early stages of his three-decades-long stint as manager of the New York Giants; Teddy Roosevelt occupied the White House; and the national pastime had a new song to call its own". USA Today. 2008.
- ^ Kibler, M. Alison. "Nora Bayes". Jewish Women's Archive. Jewish Women's Archive. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ New York Yankees Stars Sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" on The Ed Sullivan Show, retrieved 2023-07-08
- ^ "Monument to sporting hymn writer unveiled". Orange County Register. 2010-07-11. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ^ Anton, Mike (2010-07-12). "They're still belting out his 102-year-old hit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-07-28.