Larry Shay

Larry Shay

Larry Shay (August 10, 1897–February 22, 1988) was an American songwriter.

Larry Shay was born in Chicago, Illinois. While still young, he studied the piano at the Bush Conservatory of Music in Chicago. He eventually moved to New York City to become a songwriter. His first composition was "Do You, Don't You, Will You, Won't You," published in 1923. In 1925 he joined ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), and remained a member for 63 years. In 1929 he co-authored his most famous song, "When You're Smiling." (As with many other of his songs, this was a collaboration with Joe Goodwin and Mark Fisher; see Shay, Fisher, and Goodwin.)

In the 1930s, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hired him to become their music director, and Shay and his wife Doris moved from New York to Hollywood. In that capacity, he hired Bing Crosby, who was paid $50 a day by MGM for his first picture. He published over 300 songs in his life. He died in Newport Beach, California. He had a daughter, Dawn Russum, who is now president of the Channel Cities Jazz Society in Ventura, California.

References

* [http://cdbaby.com/cd/tphso Biography of Larry Shay on CDBaby.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790125/ Biography of Larry Shay on IMDb]

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