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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- Listeners
- 3,775
- Total plays
- 11,820
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Family name
- Donaldson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh
- Place of death
- Newport Pagnell
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Snooker Hall of Fame
- Sport
- snooker
- Country for sport
- Scotland
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- date of birth
- 1907-02-02
- date of death
- 1973-05-24
- competition won
- 1950 World Snooker Championship
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