Lyricist Joe McCarthy was born in Somerville, Massachusetts on September 27, 1885.
McCarthy’s early career was as a singer in Boston cafes and then as a music publisher. Moving to New York City, he was put on staff at Feist & Co music publishing company on Tin Pan Alley. In 1914, he was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and served as its director from 1921 through 1929.
McCarthy wrote several scores for Broadway productions, including Oh, Look!, Irene, The Broadway Whirl, Up She Goes, Kid Boots, Ziegfeld Follies of 1924, Rio Rita and Cross My Heart. He also contributed songs to the stage productions Afgar, Follow Me, Everything, A Royal Vagabond and the Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 and 1920.
Among the composers McCarthy collaborated with are Harry Tierney, Harry Carroll, Fred Fisher and Jimmy Monaco.
Highlights from the Joe McCarthy catalog include “You Made Me Love You”, “Beatrice Fairfax”, “In All My Dreams I Dream of You”, “What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?”, “They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me”, “Through”, “If we Can’t Be the Same Old Sweethearts”, “Ireland Must be Heaven for My Mother Came From There”, “I Found the End of the Rainbow”, “Oui, Oui, Marie”, “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows”, “My Baby’s Arms”, “I’m Crying Just For You”, “I Miss You Most of All”, “Alice Blue Gown”, “Irene”, “Castle of Dreams”, “Journey’s End”, “If Your Heart’s In the Game”, “Someone Loves You After All”, “Rio Rita”, “The Kinkajou”, “The Rangers Song”, “If You’re in Love You’ll Waltz” and “You’re Always in My Arms”.
Joseph McCarthy died in New York City on December 18, 1943.
9 thoughts on “Kaminos”
Was Nicholas related to Alexander Saslavsky who married Celeste Izolee Todd?
Anyone have a contact email for Yair Klinger or link to score for Ha-Bayta?
wish to have homeland concert video played on the big screen throughout North America.
can organize here in Santa Barbara California.
contacts for this needed and any ideas or suggestions welcomed.
Nat farber is my great grandpa 😊
Are there any movies or photos of max kletter? His wife’s sister was my stepmother, so I’m interested in seeing them and sharing them with his wife’s daughter.
The article says Sheb recorded his last song just 4 days before he died, but does not tell us the name of it. I be curious what it was. I’d like to hear it.
Would anyone happen to know where I can find a copy of the sheet music for a Gil Aldema Choral (SATB) arrangement for Naomi Shemer’s “Sheleg Al Iri”. (Snow on my Village)?
Joseph Smith
Kol Ram Community Choir, NYC
שלום שמעון!
לא שכחתי אותך. עזבתי את ישראל בפברואר 1998 כדי להביא את בני האוטיסט לקבל את העזרה המקצועית שלא הייתה קיימת אז בישראל. זה סיפור מאוד עצוב וטרגי, אבל אני הייתי היחיד עם ביצים שהביא אותו והייתי הורה יחיד בשבילו במשך חמישה חודשים. הוא היה אז בן 9. כעת הוא בן 36 ומתפקד באופן עצמאי. נתתי לו הזדמנות לעתיד נורמלי. בטח, אבות כולם חרא, אומרים הפמינציות, אבל כולם צריכים לעבוד כמטרות במטווחי רובה!
משה קונג
(Maurice King)
Thank you for this wonderful remembrance of Herman Zalis. My late father, Henry Wahrman, was one of his students. Note the correct spelling of his name for future reference. Thank you again for sharing this.
Tirza Wahrman (Mitlak)