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Billy Lang
Billy Lang ''(né'' William August Leng; 28 May 1883 in Boston – 23 December 1944 in San Francisco) was a lyricist and music publisher (popular music), music publisher active in Boston from 1910 to 1930. Biography Billy Lang was born "William Albert Leng" to Albert and Theresa Leng, who had immigrated to Boston from Germany in 1880. William retained the spelling “Leng” at least through his 1912 entry in the Boston city directory but thereafter used the surname "Lang." As "Billy Lang" he entered the music business no later than 1910, and his employment probably dates from 1908. He worked first with the Boston firm O’Neil & Story; from 1913–18 he managed the publisher Leo Feist’s Boston office. Thereafter he worked for Broadway Music Corp., becoming its business manager in 1920; he also engaged in several small publishing ventures with friends. He was well-liked in the business; a benefit for him, organised in Boston after a major illness in 1919, raised upwards of $100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
