Dudley Mecum (songwriter)

Dudley Mecum (1896–1978) was an American pianist, vocalist and songwriter. He was based in Chicago and had a musical group, Dudley Mecum's Wolverines. In the 1920s he also performed with a number of other ensembles such as Merritt Brunies and his Friar's Inn Orchestra. Mecum co-wrote the song "Angry" Merritt Brunies, Henry Brunies, and Jules Cassard^[1] in 1925. By 1929 Mecum had become a full-time songwriter. His other published pieces included "How's Your Folks and My Folks", recorded by the pianist and vocalist Art Gillham while testing new electric microphone technology, "I've Got the Blues for Tennessee", co-written by Mecum with Cal DeVoll and Wallace Bradley, and "Lazy River," co-written by Mecum and DeVoll with Dave Manley.

Mecum also performed as vocalist on a recording of the tune "42nd Street" by the Don Bestor orchestra.

References

1. ^ "Mecum, Dudley, 1896-1978". Southern Folklife Collection. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/sfc1/sfc_recordings/sfc_author.html?author=Mecum%2C+Dudley%2C+1896-1978&sort=1. 

External links

Dudley Mecum at Allmusic

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Name	Mecum, Dudley
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Short description	American songwriter
Date of birth	1896
Place of birth
Date of death	1978
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