Dave Franklin (September 28, 1895 – February 2, 1970) was an accomplished American

songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

and

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. A member of

Tin Pan Alley Tin Pan Alley was a collection of History of music publishing, music publishers and songwriters in New York City that dominated the American popular music, popular music of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Originally ...

, Franklin co-wrote " The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", which was adopted as the theme song to the ''

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'' cartoon series. His primary collaborator was lyricist Cliff Friend. His other collaborators included

Al Dubin Alexander Dubin (June 10, 1891 – February 11, 1945) was an American lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren. Life Al Dubin came from a Russian Jewish family that immigrated to the United States from Sw ...

Isham Jones Isham Edgar Jones (January 31, 1894 – October 19, 1956) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter. Career Jones was born in Coalton, Ohio, United States, to a musical and mining family. His father, Richard Isham Jon ...

, Irving Taylor. Franklin worked in vaudeville and night clubs in the U.S. and Europe. According to ''The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900–1950'', by Roger Kinkle, he left school at 13 to work as a pianist in a publishing house. Some of his songs were recorded by

Glen Gray Glenn Gray Knoblauch (June 7, 1900 – August 23, 1963), known professionally as Glen Gray, was an American jazz saxophonist and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra.'' The Mississippi Rag'', "Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra," George A. ...

Guy Lombardo Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (June 19, 1902 – November 5, 1977) was a Canadian and American bandleader, violinist, and hydroplane racing, hydroplane racer whose unique "sweet jazz" style remained popular with audiences for nearly five decade ...

and

Frankie Trumbauer Orie Frank Trumbauer (May 30, 1901 – June 11, 1956) was an American jazz saxophonist of the 1920s and 1930s. His main instrument was the C melody saxophone, a now-uncommon instrument between an alto and tenor saxophone in size and pitch. He al ...

Shows and films

*Paramount on Parade *That's Right—You're Wrong

Songs

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*Cincinnati Rag *If I Had a Magic Carpet *Rhythm of the Tambourine (in 1929 '' Broadway Scandals'')

1930

*I'm Isidore the Toreador

1934

*Blue Lament *I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just Dreaming *It's Funny to Everyone But Me

1935

*Give a Broken Heart a Break *I Woke Up Too Soon

1936

*Breakin' in a New Pair of Shoes *I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music *When My Dreamboat Comes Home

1937

*Everything You Said Came True *Never Should Have Told You *The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down *Two Dreams Got Together *You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming

1938

*I Come From a Musical Family *I Must See Annie Tonight *There's a Brand New Picture in My Picture Frame *Who Do You Think I Saw Last Night?

1939

*Happy Birthday to Love *I'm Building a Sailboat of Dreams *The Concert in the Park *You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer

1941

*El vals del aniversario

1942

*The Penny Arcade

1943

*It's Like Old Times

1944

*By The Old Corral

1945

*Lily Belle

1946

*One-zy Two-zy

1947

*Dreamer's Holiday *Lone Star Moon

1949

*California Orange Blossom *The Golden Sands of Hawaii

1950

*A Good Time Was Had By All *A Man Wrote a Song *You Are My Love

1954

*Still You'd Break My Heart

1958

*The Voice in My Heart

Audio recordings of songs

1956– John Serry Sr. recorded ''When My Dreamboat Comes Home'' for Dot Records (''See Squeeze Play (album)'') 1956

Fats Domino Antoine Caliste Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New Orl ...

recorded ''When My Dreamboat Comes Home'' for Imperial Records (''See Fats Domino Rock and Rollin''') 1965

re-recorded ''When My Dreamboat Comes Home'' for

ABC-Paramount Records ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955. It originated as the main popular music label operated by the Am-Par Record Corporation. Am-Par also created the Impulse! Records, Impulse! jazz label in 1960. It acquire ...

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