- Fred Fisher
Fred Fisher (
September 30 ,1875 –January 14 ,1942 ) was an Americansongwriter .Fisher was born in
Cologne ,Germany , and immigrated to the United States in 1900. His first hit was "If the Man In the Moon Were a Coon" in 1906 The song combined two then-popular song themes,Moon songs andCoon songs . On a number of his songs, he collaborated withAlfred Bryan .Fisher's hits included "
Come Josephine In My Flying Machine ", "Peg O' My Heart ", "They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me", "Dardanella ", "Chicago", and "Your Feet's Too Big".Fred Fisher died in
New York City . His sons Dan and Marvin and daughter Doris Fisher also wrote songs professionally.The film "
Oh You Beautiful Doll " (1949) is a fictionalizedHollywood biography featuring many of his tunes.Fred Fisher is an inductee in the
Songwriters Hall of Fame (inducted in 1970).External links
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