Today is the birthday of songwriter Louis Alter (1902-1980). Alter started out as a silent film accompanist at the age of 13. In time he worked his way up from nickelodeons to accompanying headliners in vaudeville and on Broadway, including Irene Bordoni, Helen Morgan, Beatrice Lillie and Nora Bayes, whom he played for the last […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:11AM on June 18, 2013