Alan Rankin Jones (died 1945)
was an American jazz pianist, composer, and lyricist best known for his composition "
Easy Street".
Music
Jones composed "Easy Street" in 1940.
It was first recorded by 'Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra.'
Around four years later in
Coney Island
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(during the summer of 1944), Jones collaborated with Lou Springer and composed the melody for "Don’t Go Away Any More, Elinore" and "Make the Two of Us One" for Tom McKee, who wrote the lyrics.
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1945 deaths
American jazz composers
American jazz pianists
American lyricists
1902 births