Everything about Harry Von Tilzer totally explained
Harry Von Tilzer (
July 8,
1872 -
January 10,
1946) was a very popular
United States songwriter.
Von Tilzer was born in
Detroit, Michigan under the name
Harry Gummbinsky (shortened to
Harry Gumm before taking the name under which he became famous. He ran away and joined a traveling
circus at age 14, where he took his new name, and soon proved successful playing piano and calliope and writing new tunes and incidental music for the shows. He continued doing this in
Burlesque and
Vaudeville shows for some years, writing many tunes which were not published or which he sold to entertainers for 1 or 2 dollars. In
1898 he sold his song "My Old New Hampshire Home" to a publisher for $15, and watched it become a national hit, selling over 2 million copies of the sheet music. This prompted him to become a professional songwriter.
He was made a partner of the Shapiro Bernstein Publishing Company. His
1900 number "A Bird In A Gilded Cage" became one of the biggest hits of the age. Von Tilzer became one of the best known
Tin Pan Alley songwriters. In
1902 Von Tilzer formed his own publishing company, where he was soon joined by his younger brother
Albert Von Tilzer.
Harry Von Tilzer's hits included "Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage", "Cubanola Glide", "
Wait 'Til The Sun Shines Nellie", "Old King Tut", "
All Alone", "Mariutch", "I Love My Wife, But Oh You Kid!", "They Always Pick On Me", "I Want A Girl Just Like The Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad", and many others.
He died in
New York City.
Work on Broadway
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