| LC control no. | no2015109189 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Akst, Harry, 1894-1963. Dinah |
| Form of work | Songs Popular music |
| Beginning date | 1925 |
| Found in | Stride piano, 2015: page 13 caption (Dinah : from The big broadcast; words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young; music by Harry Akst) Songwriters Hall of Fame WWW site, August 18, 2015: Harry Akst biography (Akst, along with lyricists Sam Lewis and Joe Young, wrote Dinah, "one of the most recorded songs of the 1920s," in 1925; the first hit recording of the song was Ethel Waters's version, which reached no. 2 on the Billboard charts in 1926; no mention of The big broadcast or any specific association with a film or musical) Harry Akst song catalog (no mention of The big broadcast among his stage productions and film scores) <http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/bio/C35> <http://songwritershalloffame.org/songs/C35> |
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