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Herbert Reynolds

LyricistBorn 1867, died 1933

Herbert Reynolds
Music by Jerome Kern, words by Herbert Reynolds. Published by T. B. Harms and Francis Day & Munter, New York

Michael Elder Rourke (14 July 1867 – 26 August 1933), who assumed the pen name Herbert Reynolds in 1913, was an Irish-American lyricist. Reynolds wrote the lyrics to Jerome Kern's first big hit, "They Didn't Believe Me", interpolated into the 1914 American version of The Girl from Utah, produced by Charles Frohman. The show had a successful run of 140 performances at the Knickerbocker Theatre, opening on August 14, 1914. Frohman had hired the young Kern to write five new songs for the score together with Reynolds to strengthen what he felt was a weak first act. Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian starred in the production. With Harold Atteridge he co-wrote the lyrics to The Peasant Girl (1914).…

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4 works

Rock-a-Bye Baby
The Blue Paradise
The Girl From Utah
Very Good Eddie

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