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William Jerome

November 28, 2023

For other people named William Jerome, see William Jerome (disambiguation).

William Jerome Flannery, September 30, 1865 – June 25, 1932)[1] was an American songwriter, born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York of Irish immigrant parents, Mary Donnellan and Patrick Flannery. He collaborated with numerous well-known composers and performers of the era but is best remembered for his decade-long association with Jean Schwartz with whom he created many popular songs and musical shows in the 1900s and early 1910s.

William Jerome and Jean Schwartz 1909
Sheet music cover for a Jerome & Schwartz 1904 tune

Early career edit

By the time he was seventeen, Jerome was singing and dancing in vaudeville. He toured with minstrel shows and performed in blackface.[2] He met Eddie Foy while on tour and they became friends;[3] the two would work together often throughout their careers. By the late 1880s Jerome was performing as a parody-singer at Tony Pastor's.[1] He also began to write songs and his efforts met with some success. In 1891, Jerome composed "He Never Came Back",[4] sung by Foy in the musical Sinbad, which became the hit of the show.[3] Throughout the 1890s he continued to perform, and his reputation as a lyricist grew gradually. He wrote "My Pearl is a Bowery Girl" (1894) with Andrew Mack which became a number one record for Dan W. Quinn.[5]

He met and married another vaudeville singer, Maude Nugent, probably in the early 1890s.[1][a] He and Nugent had at least one child, Florence, born in 1896.[7]

Jerome is sometimes credited with suggesting the bicycle lyric of "Daisy Bell" (1892) to Harry Dacre.[8]

Collaboration with Schwartz edit

His first collaboration with songwriter Jean Schwartz was the coon song, "When Mr. Shakespeare Comes to Town", in 1901.[1]

The duo came up with "Mr. Dooley", which was interpolated into the 1902 American staging of the London musical A Chinese Honeymoon.[9] Chinese Honeymoon was successful and "Mr. Dooley" became popular. Later that year the song was interpolated into The Wizard of Oz, extending its popularity.[10][b] "Mr. Dooley" reputedly sold over a million copies.[12] Their next big hit was "Bedelia" (1903). Interpolated into The Jersey Lily and sung by Blanche Ring, it sold over three million copies. By 1904, "Bedelia" had been recorded by four different artists on the three major phonograph labels.[13]

In 1904 they scored the musical Piff! Paff!! Pouf!!!, starring Foy.[9] They went on to score seven more musicals together.[14]

Jerome and Schwartz became two of the best-recognized songwriters of the first decade of the 20th century[15] with numerous popular songs to their credit such as "My Irish Molly-O" (1905), "Handle Me With Care" (1907), "Over the Hills and Far Away" and "Meet Me in Rose Time, Rosie" (1908). Although it was not an immediate success, "Chinatown, My Chinatown" (1906) is considered by some to be their biggest hit. Four years after it was written, it was interpolated into Up and Down Broadway by Foy; another five years passed and it became a national hit record.[16] It went on to become a jazz standard.[17]

In 1911, Jerome and Schwartz formed their own sheet music publishing company.[18] They chiefly published titles with music by Schwartz, many with lyrics by Jerome—such as "If It Wasn't for the Irish and the Jews" (1912)[19]—but also many with lyrics by Grant Clarke.[c] Jerome also began to work more with other composers: in 1912 he wrote the lyrics of "Row, Row, Row" (music by James V. Monaco) for the Ziegfeld Follies;[21] in 1913, he worked with Andrew B. Sterling and Harry Von Tilzer to write lyrics for "On the Old Fall River Line", and with Von Tilzer again on "And the Green Grass Grew All Around". Jerome and Schwartz worked as a team less and less and gradually both moved on.

Later career edit

After he and Schwartz went their separate ways, Jerome continued to collaborate on songs with some of the best-known composers in the business. In 1920 he wrote the lyrics for "That Old Irish Mother of Mine", music by Von Tilzer, which he dedicated to the memory of his mother. Again with Von Tilzer he wrote "Old King Tut" (1923); with Charles Tobias and Larry Shay he wrote "Get Out and Get Under the Moon" (1928).

He continued to publish sheet music without Schwartz and in 1917 published the enormously successful "Over There" for George M. Cohan; he eventually sold the publishing rights to the song to Leo Feist for $25,000, the most ever paid for a song at the time.[8] On the strength of his Broadway comedy writing credentials, he was recruited by Mack Sennett as a writer for the Keystone Film Company.[22] He was among the first board members (1914–1925) of the American Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers (ASCAP).[23]

William Jerome was struck by a car in the spring of 1932 and died June 25 in Newburgh, New York.[1]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Nugent was also a composer; her most famous song was "Sweet Rosie O'Grady".[6]
  2. ^ The lyrics of "Mr. Dooley" were likely inspired by the humorous character of the same name conceived by Finley Peter Dunne.[11]
  3. ^ Of the 36 songs published by Jerome & Schwartz in 1912, 30 were composed by Schwartz; of those, 9 were written with Jerome, 11 with Clarke, and one with both Jerome and Clarke.[20]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Jasen, David A. (2003). Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song. Routledge. pp. 210–211, 345. ISBN 978-1-135-94901-3.
  2. ^ Rice, Edward Le Roy (1911). Monarchs of Minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to Date. Kenny Publishing Company. pp. 196, 322.
  3. ^ a b Fields, Armond (1999). Eddie Foy: A Biography of the Early Popular Stage Comedian. McFarland. pp. 61, 257. ISBN 978-0-7864-4328-4.
  4. ^ Jerome, William (1891). "He Never Came Back". Will Rossiter. Retrieved 2015-01-12 – via New York Public Library.
  5. ^ Dean, Maury (2003). Rock and Roll. Algora Publishing. p. 549. ISBN 978-0-87586-207-1.
  6. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. W.W. Norton. p. 348. ISBN 978-0-393-03487-5.
  7. ^ "Florence Nugent Jerome". Variety. XXXI (6). July 11, 1913. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
  8. ^ a b Sullivan, Steve (2013). Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings. Scarecrow Press. pp. 162, 512. ISBN 978-0-8108-8296-6.
  9. ^ a b Bordman, Gerald M. (2010). American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle. Oxford University Press. pp. 212, 233. ISBN 978-0-19-972970-8.
  10. ^ Swartz, Mark Evan (2002). Oz Before the Rainbow: L. Frank Baum's the Wonderful Wizard of Oz on Stage and Screen to 1939. JHU Press. pp. 58, 87. ISBN 978-0-8018-7092-7.
  11. ^ Holloway, Diane (2001). American History in Song: Lyrics From 1900 to 1945. iUniverse. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-4697-0453-1.
  12. ^ Sanjek, Russell (1988). American Popular Music and Its Business: The First Four Hundred Years. Volume II: From 1790 to 1909. Oxford University Press. p. 414. ISBN 978-0-19-504310-5.
  13. ^ Steffen, David J. (2005). From Edison to Marconi: The First Thirty Years of Recorded Music. McFarland. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-7864-5156-2.
  14. ^ Green, Stanley (2009). Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. Da Capo Press. p. 371. ISBN 978-0-7867-4684-2.
  15. ^ "Those Two Song-Writers". New York Star. March 6, 1909. p. 15.
  16. ^ Ruhlmann, William (2004). Breaking Records: 100 Years of Hits. Routledge. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-135-94719-4.
  17. ^ Crawford, Richard; Magee, Jeffrey (1992). Jazz Standards on Record, 1900–1942: A Core Repertory. Center for Black Music Rsrch. pp. ix, 14. ISBN 978-0-929911-03-8.
  18. ^ "Financial News For Printers: Incorporations". Printing Trade News. XL (42): 85. October 21, 1911.
  19. ^ Garrett, Charles Hiroshi (2008). Struggling to Define a Nation: American Music and the Twentieth Century. University of California Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-520-25486-2.
  20. ^ Merwe, Ann Ommen van der (2009). The Ziegfeld Follies: A History in Song. Scarecrow Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-1-4617-3173-3.
  21. ^ Walker, Brent E. (2013). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory. McFarland. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7864-7711-1.
  22. ^ Pollock, Bruce (2014). A Friend in the Music Business: The ASCAP Story. Hal Leonard. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-4803-8609-9.

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For other people named William Jerome see William Jerome disambiguation William Jerome Flannery September 30 1865 June 25 1932 1 was an American songwriter born in Cornwall on Hudson New York of Irish immigrant parents Mary Donnellan and Patrick Flannery He collaborated with numerous well known composers and performers of the era but is best remembered for his decade long association with Jean Schwartz with whom he created many popular songs and musical shows in the 1900s and early 1910s William Jerome and Jean Schwartz 1909Sheet music cover for a Jerome amp Schwartz 1904 tune Contents 1 Early career 2 Collaboration with Schwartz 3 Later career 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksEarly career editBy the time he was seventeen Jerome was singing and dancing in vaudeville He toured with minstrel shows and performed in blackface 2 He met Eddie Foy while on tour and they became friends 3 the two would work together often throughout their careers By the late 1880s Jerome was performing as a parody singer at Tony Pastor s 1 He also began to write songs and his efforts met with some success In 1891 Jerome composed He Never Came Back 4 sung by Foy in the musical Sinbad which became the hit of the show 3 Throughout the 1890s he continued to perform and his reputation as a lyricist grew gradually He wrote My Pearl is a Bowery Girl 1894 with Andrew Mack which became a number one record for Dan W Quinn 5 He met and married another vaudeville singer Maude Nugent probably in the early 1890s 1 a He and Nugent had at least one child Florence born in 1896 7 Jerome is sometimes credited with suggesting the bicycle lyric of Daisy Bell 1892 to Harry Dacre 8 Collaboration with Schwartz editHis first collaboration with songwriter Jean Schwartz was the coon song When Mr Shakespeare Comes to Town in 1901 1 The duo came up with Mr Dooley which was interpolated into the 1902 American staging of the London musical A Chinese Honeymoon 9 Chinese Honeymoon was successful and Mr Dooley became popular Later that year the song was interpolated into The Wizard of Oz extending its popularity 10 b Mr Dooley reputedly sold over a million copies 12 Their next big hit was Bedelia 1903 Interpolated into The Jersey Lily and sung by Blanche Ring it sold over three million copies By 1904 Bedelia had been recorded by four different artists on the three major phonograph labels 13 In 1904 they scored the musical Piff Paff Pouf starring Foy 9 They went on to score seven more musicals together 14 Jerome and Schwartz became two of the best recognized songwriters of the first decade of the 20th century 15 with numerous popular songs to their credit such as My Irish Molly O 1905 Handle Me With Care 1907 Over the Hills and Far Away and Meet Me in Rose Time Rosie 1908 Although it was not an immediate success Chinatown My Chinatown 1906 is considered by some to be their biggest hit Four years after it was written it was interpolated into Up and Down Broadway by Foy another five years passed and it became a national hit record 16 It went on to become a jazz standard 17 In 1911 Jerome and Schwartz formed their own sheet music publishing company 18 They chiefly published titles with music by Schwartz many with lyrics by Jerome such as If It Wasn t for the Irish and the Jews 1912 19 but also many with lyrics by Grant Clarke c Jerome also began to work more with other composers in 1912 he wrote the lyrics of Row Row Row music by James V Monaco for the Ziegfeld Follies 21 in 1913 he worked with Andrew B Sterling and Harry Von Tilzer to write lyrics for On the Old Fall River Line and with Von Tilzer again on And the Green Grass Grew All Around Jerome and Schwartz worked as a team less and less and gradually both moved on Later career editAfter he and Schwartz went their separate ways Jerome continued to collaborate on songs with some of the best known composers in the business In 1920 he wrote the lyrics for That Old Irish Mother of Mine music by Von Tilzer which he dedicated to the memory of his mother Again with Von Tilzer he wrote Old King Tut 1923 with Charles Tobias and Larry Shay he wrote Get Out and Get Under the Moon 1928 He continued to publish sheet music without Schwartz and in 1917 published the enormously successful Over There for George M Cohan he eventually sold the publishing rights to the song to Leo Feist for 25 000 the most ever paid for a song at the time 8 On the strength of his Broadway comedy writing credentials he was recruited by Mack Sennett as a writer for the Keystone Film Company 22 He was among the first board members 1914 1925 of the American Society of Authors Composers and Publishers ASCAP 23 William Jerome was struck by a car in the spring of 1932 and died June 25 in Newburgh New York 1 Notes edit Nugent was also a composer her most famous song was Sweet Rosie O Grady 6 The lyrics of Mr Dooley were likely inspired by the humorous character of the same name conceived by Finley Peter Dunne 11 Of the 36 songs published by Jerome amp Schwartz in 1912 30 were composed by Schwartz of those 9 were written with Jerome 11 with Clarke and one with both Jerome and Clarke 20 References edit a b c d e Jasen David A 2003 Tin Pan Alley An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song Routledge pp 210 211 345 ISBN 978 1 135 94901 3 Rice Edward Le Roy 1911 Monarchs of Minstrelsy from Daddy Rice to Date Kenny Publishing Company pp 196 322 a b Fields Armond 1999 Eddie Foy A Biography of the Early Popular Stage Comedian McFarland pp 61 257 ISBN 978 0 7864 4328 4 Jerome William 1891 He Never Came Back Will Rossiter Retrieved 2015 01 12 via New York Public Library Dean Maury 2003 Rock and Roll Algora Publishing p 549 ISBN 978 0 87586 207 1 Sadie Julie Anne Samuel Rhian 1994 The Norton Grove Dictionary of Women Composers W W Norton p 348 ISBN 978 0 393 03487 5 Florence Nugent Jerome Variety XXXI 6 July 11 1913 Retrieved 2015 01 14 a b Sullivan Steve 2013 Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Scarecrow Press pp 162 512 ISBN 978 0 8108 8296 6 a b Bordman Gerald M 2010 American Musical Theatre A Chronicle Oxford University Press pp 212 233 ISBN 978 0 19 972970 8 Swartz Mark Evan 2002 Oz Before the Rainbow L Frank Baum s the Wonderful Wizard of Oz on Stage and Screen to 1939 JHU Press pp 58 87 ISBN 978 0 8018 7092 7 Holloway Diane 2001 American History in Song Lyrics From 1900 to 1945 iUniverse p 13 ISBN 978 1 4697 0453 1 Sanjek Russell 1988 American Popular Music and Its Business The First Four Hundred Years Volume II From 1790 to 1909 Oxford University Press p 414 ISBN 978 0 19 504310 5 Steffen David J 2005 From Edison to Marconi The First Thirty Years of Recorded Music McFarland p 39 ISBN 978 0 7864 5156 2 Green Stanley 2009 Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre Da Capo Press p 371 ISBN 978 0 7867 4684 2 Those Two Song Writers New York Star March 6 1909 p 15 Ruhlmann William 2004 Breaking Records 100 Years of Hits Routledge p 31 ISBN 978 1 135 94719 4 Crawford Richard Magee Jeffrey 1992 Jazz Standards on Record 1900 1942 A Core Repertory Center for Black Music Rsrch pp ix 14 ISBN 978 0 929911 03 8 Financial News For Printers Incorporations Printing Trade News XL 42 85 October 21 1911 Garrett Charles Hiroshi 2008 Struggling to Define a Nation American Music and the Twentieth Century University of California Press p 145 ISBN 978 0 520 25486 2 Catalog of Copyright Entries Musical Compositions Part 3 Library of Congress Copyright Office 1912 p 1831 Merwe Ann Ommen van der 2009 The Ziegfeld Follies A History in Song Scarecrow Press p 217 ISBN 978 1 4617 3173 3 Walker Brent E 2013 Mack Sennett s Fun Factory McFarland p 59 ISBN 978 0 7864 7711 1 Pollock Bruce 2014 A Friend in the Music Business The ASCAP Story Hal Leonard p 188 ISBN 978 1 4803 8609 9 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to William Jerome Mr Dooley 1902 recording by Dan W Quinn at the Library of Congress National Jukebox Piff Paff Pouf songbook at the Internet Archive William Jerome at the Internet 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