Harold Spina (21 June 1906 – 18 July 1997) was an American composer of popular songs. His best-known work happened in the early 1930s, when he collaborated with lyricistsJohnny Burke and Joe Young on songs such as "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore", "You're Not the Only Oyster in the Stew", "My Very Good Friend the Milkman" (these two hits for Fats Waller), "Shadows on the Swanee", "The Beat of My Heart", "Now You've Got Me Doing It", and "I've Got a Warm Spot in My Heart for You". He also collaborated with lyricist John Elliot for several songs, including "It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House" (made famous by Dinah Shore).[1]
In the movie Topper Returns (1941), after the character Annie (played by Carole Landis) is nearly killed by a falling chandelier, the character Gail (played by Joan Blondell) exclaims "Six more inches and we'd all be singing 'Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore.'"
"Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" was the title of an episode of The Brady Bunch (1969) that aired on October 17, 1969. It was also a reference to the song "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore."
harold, spina, june, 1906, july, 1997, american, composer, popular, songs, best, known, work, happened, early, 1930s, when, collaborated, with, lyricists, johnny, burke, young, songs, such, annie, doesn, live, here, anymore, only, oyster, stew, very, good, fri. Harold Spina 21 June 1906 18 July 1997 was an American composer of popular songs His best known work happened in the early 1930s when he collaborated with lyricists Johnny Burke and Joe Young on songs such as Annie Doesn t Live Here Anymore You re Not the Only Oyster in the Stew My Very Good Friend the Milkman these two hits for Fats Waller Shadows on the Swanee The Beat of My Heart Now You ve Got Me Doing It and I ve Got a Warm Spot in My Heart for You He also collaborated with lyricist John Elliot for several songs including It s So Nice To Have A Man Around The House made famous by Dinah Shore 1 Contents 1 In Popular Culture 2 References 3 Sources 4 External linksIn Popular Culture editIn the movie Topper Returns 1941 after the character Annie played by Carole Landis is nearly killed by a falling chandelier the character Gail played by Joan Blondell exclaims Six more inches and we d all be singing Annie Doesn t Live Here Anymore The Martin Scorsese film title Alice Doesn t Live Here Anymore is a reference to the song Annie Doesn t Live Here Anymore Alice Doesn t Live Here Anymore was the title of an episode of The Brady Bunch 1969 that aired on October 17 1969 It was also a reference to the song Annie Doesn t Live Here Anymore References edit Lonergan 2005 p 114Sources editLonergan David F Hit records 1950 1975 Scarecrow Press 2005 ISBN 0 8108 5129 6 Vosburgh Dick Obituary Harold Spina The Independent 9 August 1997External links editHarold Spina at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article about an American entertainer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harold Spina amp oldid 1145210441, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
