Dick Charles (born Richard Charles Krieg; February 24, 1919 in

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– July 17, 1998) was an American

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Career

His education ended with

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graduation, after which he worked in a Newark photography store as a clerk while engaged in piano playing, arranging, harmony, and composition. During that period he sang in a number of amateur contests. He then became a page at

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Studios in

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. Besides being a songwriter, he served as a director of ABC Radio for ten years, produced and directed the

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radio program, and was responsible for creating a number of network programs. In 1954 he started his own recording service.

Selected works

Among the songs he has written are: *"As the World Turns" (1961) with Fay Tishman - used for one season as the theme song for the TV show ''

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'' *" Along the Navajo Trail" (1945) with

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and Edgar De Lange *"Casanova Cricket " (1947) with

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and Larry Markes *"Corns For My Country" (1944) with Leah Worth and Jean Barry *"I'm on the Level With You " (1945) with Eddie Waldman *"I Tipped My Hat and Slowly Walked Away" (1946) with Larry Markes *"It Takes a Long, Long Train (With a Red Caboose" (1946) with Larry Markes *"Mad About Him, Sad About Him, How Can I Be Glad About Him Blues" (1942) with Larry Markes *"The Man on the Carousel" (Unknown year) with James Cavanaugh, Jack Allison and Virgil Davis *"

May You Always "May You Always" is a popular song by Larry Markes (lyrics) and Dick Charles (pseudonym of Richard Charles Krieg), published in 1958. The biggest hit version in the United States was by the McGuire Sisters where it peaked at No. 11 on the '' ...

" (1957) with Larry MarkesOn p. 1 of the 1958 Standard Edition score (New York: Hecht & Buzzell) of "May You Always" Markes is credited as Larry Marks (without the "e"). *"A Nightingale Can Sing the Blues" (1946) with Larry Markes *" This Is My Song" (1950) - Theme song of the TV show ''

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'' * "Serenade to Spring," with Gloria Regney (1954) * "If Anything Should Happen to You," w&m co-written with

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(1955);

References

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