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Owen Murphy

LyricistBorn 1893, died 1965

Owen Murphy
Milton Ager and Owen Murphy, composers; Jack Yellen, lyricist; James Gleason and Maurice Marks, book writers; Ager, Yellen, & Bornstein, Inc., publisher

Owen Murphy (September 2, 1893 – April 3, 1965) was an American songwriter, film maker, and writer for radio, film, and theatre. He worked as a lyricist, composer, and playwright for Broadway musicals and as a songwriter for Tin Pan Alley in the 1920s and 1930s. As a film maker he was an early maker of industrial films. He also was a writer for comedian Joe Cook for both the stage and radio.

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The Gang’s All Here

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