Henry Anthony Sullivan (1895–1975) was a composer, songwriter, and pianist.

Early life

He attended the

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and

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Career

In 1929, he wrote his first complete show, ''Almanac'', which was later produced by

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as ''

Murray Anderson's Almanac ''Murray Anderson's Almanac: A Revusical Comedy of Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow (1880–1930)'' was a Broadway show from 1929. It was produced by the Almanack Theatrical Corporation with John Murray Anderson and Gil Boag as directors. It was based o ...

'' on

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in 1929. Some of the comedy sketches were written by

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. From the show, '' I May Be Wrong, but I Think You're Wonderful'' was composed, with Sullivan writing the music and Harry Ruskin writing the lyrics. The song would go on to become a popular song with multiple cover versions. With John Murray Anderson, they would write five songs for the film ''The Greatest Show on Earth'' (1952), along with other copyrighted songs as well. With John Murray Anderson staging the show as well writing some of the lyrics, Sullivan wrote the music for the Broadway show ''Thumbs Up!'' (1934). Prior to that, Sullivan wrote the music for the British production of ''Bow Bells'' (1931) which was performed at the

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Broadway Shows

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Discography

References

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