| LC control no. | no 89004670 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Burke, Johnny, 1908-1964 |
| Variant(s) | Burke, John, 1908-1964 |
| See also | For works of this author written in collaboration with Harold Spina, or under other names search also under Lorah, Juan y d' Rogan, K. C., 1908-1964 Rogan, K. C., 1908-1964 Lorah, Juan y d' |
| Associated place | Madison (Wis.) |
| Birth date | 1908-10-13 |
| Death date | 1964-02-25 |
| Place of birth | Antioch (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Popular music--Writing and publishing |
| Affiliation | University of Wisconsin--Madison |
| Profession or occupation | Lyricists |
| Found in | Misty, 1954: t.p. (music by Johnny Burke) Midnight madonna [MP] 1937: credits (lyrics, John Burke) Halliwell's Filmgoer's comp., 1985 (Burke, Johnny; b. 1908 d. 1964) Wild horses [SR] 1953: label (K.C. Rogan) Lyrcis for song.net WWW site, June 16, 2011: Wild horses (words and music by Johnny Burke, under the pseudonym K.C. Rogan ) Wikipedia, July 25, 2011 (Johnny Burke; b. Oct. 3, 1908 in Antioch, Calif.; d. Feb. 25, 1964; a lyricist, widely regarded as one of the finest writers of popular songs in America between the 1920s and 1950s. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison; joined the Irving Berlin Publishing Company, as a pianist and song salesman and began to write lyrics in collaboration with composer Harold Spina; in Hollywood Burke partnered with several others, but he made his mark in collaboration with Jimmy van Heusen. Burke and Van Heusen turned out some of the great hit tunes of the late 1930s and throughout the 1940s incl., Pennies from heaven, Moonlight Becomes You, Swinging on a star, etc.) |
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