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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.
Harry Akst was born in New York City on August 15, 1894, beginning a career that would prove him one of the most prolific composers of the era and an accomplished pianist and conductor. His early career was as a pianist and accompanist, for 4 years he was beside Nora Bayes.
Harry Akst originally did Nobody Knows. Harry Akst wrote Am I Blue?, Dinah, Baby Face, Guilty and other songs.
- August 15, 1894
- March 31, 1963
Harry Akst began his music career as an accompanist and spent four years with vaudevillian Nora Bayes. He became a staff pianist for the publishing company of Irving Berlin in 1919 and helped Berlin, who could not read music, notate his songs.
Harry Akst. One of the most recorded songwriters of the 1920's and 30's was born into a musical family (his father was a violinist with the Metropolitan Opera). Harry learned to play piano at the age of five and was already a fully-fledged professional while in his second year of high school.
- Music Department, Actor, Writer
- August 15, 1894
- Harry Akst
- March 31, 1963
May 14, 2020 · "Baby Face" (1926) by Harry Akst with lyrics by Benny Davis. In 1958, Little Richard's version got to #12 on the charts and in 1959, it became his highest ch...
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Sep 29, 2023 · “Baby Face,” written by Harry Akst and Benny Davis, really is a song with history. Dating back decades before the pop era, it went on to have a big part to play in the career of Little Richard,...
