Ballard MacDonald
American lyricist
Ballard MacDonald (October 15, 1882 – November 17, 1935) was an American lyricist, who was one of the writers of Tin Pan Alley .
Born in Portland, Oregon , he was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
MacDonald wrote lyrics for a song called "Play That Barber-Shop Chord" in 1910, which became a hit with revised lyrics when it was sung in the Ziegfeld Follies by vaudeville star Bert Williams . [1] He subsequently worked with composer Harry Carroll on "On the Mississippi" (1912) and " The Trail of the Lonesome Pine " (1912, based on the novel of the same name ). He also partnered with James F. Hanley , which produced the 1917 hit " (Back Home Again in) Indiana ". [1]
In the early 1920s, MacDonald turned his attention to Broadway revues, which in 1924 brought him his most notable musical collaborator in George Gershwin . In 1926, MacDonald teamed up with Walter Donaldson to write songs for the Broadway show Sweetheart Time . [1]
Thumbs Up! was MacDonald's final Broadway show. [1] He died in Forest Hills, New York .
Songs
- 1912 "On the Mississippi" with Harry Carroll [1]
- 1912 " The Trail of the Lonesome Pine " with Harry Carroll [1]
- 1914 "Fatherland, the Motherland, the Land of My Best Girl" (m: Harry Carroll) [2]
- 1914 "Tip-Top Tipperary Mary" (m: Harry Carroll) [3]
- 1914 "War in Snider's Grocery Store" with Hank Hancock & Harry Carroll [3]
- 1915 "I Wanna Be the Captain or I Won't Play" (m: Alfred Von Tilzer) [2]
- 1915 "Is That You O'Reilly?" [2]
- 1915 "Played by a Military Band" (m: Halsey K. Mohr ) [3]
- 1916 "War Babies" with Edward Madden (m: James F. Hanley ) [3]
- 1917 " Back Home Again In " with James F. Hanley [1]
- 1917 "Mister Butterfly" (m: Leo Edwards ) [2]
- 1917 "Never Forget to Write Home" (m: James F. Hanley) [2]
- 1917 "Ragtime Volunteers Are Off to War" (m: James F. Hanley) [3]
- 1917 "We'll Be There, on the Land, on the Sea, in the Air" (m: James F. Hanley) [3]
- 1918 "At the Dixie Military Ball" (m: Harry Carroll) [2]
- 1918 "Don't You Go and Worry, Mary" (m: Halsey K. Mohr) [2]
- 1918 "Dreaming of Home Sweet Home" (m: James F. Hanley) [2]
- 1918 "Father Will Be with Us Soon" (m: Nat Osborne) [2]
- 1918 "I've Got a Ten Day Pass for a Honeymoon (With the Girl I Left Behind)" with Walter Donaldson (m: James F. Hanley) [2]
- 1918 "Little Bit of Sunshine (From Home)" with Joe Goodwin (m: James F. Hanley) [2]
- 1918 "Magic in Your Big Blue Eyes" (m: Nat Osborne) [2]
- 1918 "Strolling 'Round the Camp with Mary" (m: Nat Osborne) [3]
- 1918 " Three Wonderful Letters from Home " with Joe Goodwin (m: James F. Hanley) [3]
- 1918 "With the Rose (I Send This Heart of Mine)" (m: Nat Osborne) [3]
- 1919 "Another Good Man Gone Wrong" (m: Nat Osborne) [2]
- 1919 "M'sieur Jimmie (Come and Shake Ze Shimmy)" (m: Nat Osborne) [2]
- 1919 "On a Little Farm in Normandie" (m: Nat Osborne) [3]
- 1920 "I Was a Florodora Baby" with Harry Carroll
Selective list of song credits
- " Beautiful Ohio " (MacDonald/ Robert A. King ), 1918
- "Rose of Washington Square" (MacDonald/ James F. Hanley )
- " The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers " (MacDonald/ Leon Jessel ), 1922
- " Back Home Again in Indiana " (MacDonald/James F. Hanley), 1917
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine " (MacDonald/ Harry Carroll ), 1913
- "Play That Barbershop Chord"
- " Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley! "
- " Somebody Loves Me "
- "Bend Down, Sister"
- "Down in Bom Bombay"
- "On the Mississippi"
- " There's a Light That's Burning in the Window of the Little House Upon the Hill "
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ballard MacDonald | Biography & History" . AllMusic . Retrieved July 3, 2017 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music . Vol. 1. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 37, 41, 113, 115, 130, 131, 256, 310, 321, 378, 389, 415, 426, 451. ISBN 0-7864-2798-1 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music . Vol. 2. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 476, 535, 549, 633, 698, 705, 747, 748, 760, 793. ISBN 0-7864-2799-X .
External links
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- Ballard MacDonald at the Songwriters Hall of Fame
- Ballard MacDonald at IMDb
- Sheet music for "Dreamy Alabama" , New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., 1919. From Alabama Sheet Music Collection
- Ballard MacDonald recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings
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