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Walter Donaldson

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Also known as Walter Weir Wilson Donaldson

Scottish snooker player

Person · Open Library

Born
1893
Died
1947
Works
7

Top works

  • You're a million miles from nowhere
  • How 'ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm?
  • Good-bye, Slim
  • Don't cry Frenchy, don't cry
  • Vocal selections from Whoopee!

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1926-11-01
Active to
2024-11-09

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3,775
Total plays
11,820

Tags

USAAllgreat american songbooktin pan alleydrehorgel

Walter Donaldson (February 15, 1893 - July 15, 1947) was a prolific United States popular songwriter, producing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s. Donaldson was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a piano teacher. While still in school he wrote original music for school productions, and had his first professional songs published in 1915. The following year he had a hit with "The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady". After serving in the United States Army in World War I, Donaldson was hired as a s

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Walter
Family name
Donaldson
Gender
male
Place of birth
Edinburgh
Place of death
Newport Pagnell
Languages spoken
English language
Sport
snooker
Country for sport
Scotland
Show 3 more facts
date of birth
1907-02-02
date of death
1973-05-24
Sources (1)

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