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Also known as Arthur James Johnston

American composer (1898-1954)

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Vinony's link graph records 284 inbound references to Arthur Johnston, and connects out to New York City, World War II and Charlie Chaplin.

It sits within the topics 1898 births, 1954 deaths and 20th-century American classical composers.

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Person · Open Library

Works
10

Top works

  • Selected Poems of Thomas Gray and William Collins
  • ABCs of Programming
  • Public exercises by the citizens of Worcester, Massachusetts
  • Advancement of Learning ; and, New Atlantis
  • Enchanted Ground

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1961-01-22
Active to
2019-09-11
bedroombedroom popfolkindie popindie rocklo-fi

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
553
Total plays
1,414

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Arthur Johnston (10 January 1898 - 1 May 1954) was an American composer/songwriter, best known for his songs Cocktails for Two and Pennies from Heaven, the latter landing him and co-writer Johnny Burke an oscar nomination for Best Original song in 1936. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Arthur+Johnston">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

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date of birth
1898-01-10
date of death
1954-05-01
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Arthur Johnston, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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