Today is the birthday of one of the first female tin pan alley songwriters Blanche Merill (Blanche Howard, 1895-1966). Sometimes working with collaborators, Howard wrote special material and songs for numerous vaudeville stars, including Eva Tanguay, Mae West, Belle Baker, Fanny Brice (whose career she is credited with reviving), Nora Bayes, Willie Howard and others. […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:55AM on July 23, 2013