Benny Davis (21 Aug 1895 - 20 Dec 1979)

Male Person - United States US vaudeville performer and songwriter

Credited as (3)

1. Davis & Akst
2. Muir, Gilbert / Donaldson / Van Alstyne, Jackson / Erdman, Fiorito, King / Henderson / Woods / Schwartz / Davis, Akst / Meyer, De Sylva, Jolson / Jolson, Rose, De Sylva
3. C. Francis Reisner, Benny Davis & Billy Baskette

Works (61)

Wrote

1. Patricia (1950)
2. Lonesome and Sorry
3. There Goes My Heart
4. This Is No Dream
5. ベイビー・フェイス
6. I'm Not Too Young To Dream
7. A Little Yellow Ribbon (In Her Hair)
8. Do You Believe Me?
9. Dit is de nacht
10. You’re the Dream, I’m the Dreamer
11. How Green Was My Valley
12. I’m Nobody’s Baby
13. Please Think of Me
14. Ja, sie hat die Schönheit von Mama
15. Every Man Should Marry
16. My Baby Knows How
17. Baby’s First Christmas
18. All My Life
19. I’m Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now
20. I Laughed at Love

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Composed

1. Make Believe
2. I Still Get a Thrill (Thinking of You)
3. All I Need Is You
4. Tu mir nicht weh
5. I’m Nobody’s Baby

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Lyrics

1. Margie (1920)
2. Baby Face (1926)
3. Is This Gonna Be My Lucky Summer?
4. Medley: Give It to the Girl Next Door / Too Fat Polka / Cinderella / Rolling Round the World / Good Ol’ Boys / Ask Old Brown to Tea / Chinese Laundry Blues / Margie / Big Fat Fly / Not Me / Hair Hair Hair / Little Bit of Cucumber / Where Did You Get That Hat? / The Ferry Boat Inn / The Beer Barrel Polka / Down the Road / Baby Face / Who Were You With Last Night? / Somebody Stole My Gal / Fall in and Follow Me / Swanee / Are You From Dixie? / Waiting for the Robert E Lee / Good Ol’ Boys / Hopping Down in Kent / Aunt Tilly / Two Ol’ Girls From Camden Town / When There Isn’t a Girl About / Give It to the Girl Next Door
5. I Hate Myself (for Being So Mean to You)
6. Dearest
7. Follow the Boys
8. Shanghai Dream Man
9. Chasing Shadows
10. My Love for You
11. Once in a Lovetime
12. Copper Colored Gal
13. With These Hands
14. Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You
15. 渚のデイト
16. 星影で愛して
17. Wie neemt er mijn plaats in vandaag?
18. Tonight’s My Night
19. Alabama Barbecue
20. Tu mir nicht weh
21. Are You Thinking of Me To-Night
22. Make Believe
23. Lonely Eyes
24. Oh, How I Miss You Tonight
25. There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby

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Links (12)

Other Databases

1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95052608
2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no95052608/
3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14003452s
4. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1204709
5. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=11572
6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6fz0dn0
7. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110119

IMSLP

1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Davis,_Benny

Discogs

1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/693653

VIAF ID

1. http://viaf.org/viaf/34654423

Wikidata

1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1261089

Secondhandsongs

1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/23715