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Harry Akst

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American songwriter (1894–1963)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1894
Active to
1963

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
610
Total plays
1,910

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Harry Akst (August 15, 1894 – March 31, 1963) was an American songwriter who started out his career as a pianist in vaudeville accompanying singers such as Nora Bayes, Frank Fay and Al Jolson. For four years, he worked for Bayes. Then in 1916, he enlisted in the army and was at Camp Upton when he met Irving Berlin (in 1921 they would write "Home Again Blues"). His most notable success came with the song he wrote in 1925 with Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young: "Dinah". <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi

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