Joe Burke (composer)

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Joe Burke
Birth nameJoseph Aloysius Burke
Born(1884-03-18)March 18, 1884
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, U.S.
GenresTraditional pop
Occupation(s)Composer, pianist
Years activec. 1915–1950

Joseph Aloysius Burke (March 18, 1884 – June 9, 1950) was an American composer and pianist.

Oh How I Miss You Tonight" (1924), "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" (1929), "Moon Over Miami" (1935), "Getting Some Fun Out of Life" (1937) and "Rambling Rose" (1948) and "Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
" (1929)

Life and career

Joe Burke was born in

Oh How I Miss You Tonight", recorded by Ben Selvin among others; and later, also with Davis, wrote "Carolina Moon", a hit for both Selvin and Gene Austin.[3][4][5] As an actor, Burke appeared in the 1929 film The Show of Shows, and remained in Hollywood as a film score composer for several years.[2]

Working in Hollywood with lyricist Al Dubin, Burke wrote "Tiptoe Through the Tulips", recorded most successfully by Nick Lucas, and originally written for the musical Gold Diggers of Broadway, as was "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine".[4] Burke also collaborated with Dubin to write the Villanova University Alma Mater.

However, when their song "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" was rejected by the film studio, Burke returned to

Nat Shilkret.[5] During the mid-1930s, Burke wrote a string of hit songs with lyricist Edgar Leslie, including "On Treasure Island", "A Little Bit Independent", "In a Little Gypsy Tea Room", "Moon Over Miami", and "It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane", a 1937 hit for Guy Lombardo.[3] He continued to work with both Leslie and Dubin, but had his final success in 1948, writing Perry Como's hit "Rambling Rose" with lyricist Joseph McCarthy.[4]

Burke died at his home in

Upper Darby, Pennsylvania in 1950, at the age of 66.[4] He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
in 1970.

Other artists who have recorded his songs include

Eydie Gorme, and Tiny Tim
.

Selected works

Soundtracks

Other songs

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 1-85227-745-9
    .
  2. ^ a b "Joe Burke", Songwriters Hall of Fame Archived April 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 10, 2017
  3. ^ a b Jack Burton, "The Honor Roll of Popular Songwriters: Joe Burke", Billboard, August 4, 1951, p.32
  4. ^
    ISBN 0-19-311323-6
    .
  5. ^
    ISBN 0-89820-083-0
    .

Bibliography

External links
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