Today is the birthday of the great Tin Pan Alley songwriter Vincent Youmans (1898-1946). The privileged son of a prosperous hat manufacturer, he attended Yale briefly then worked on Wall Street before being drafted into the army during World War One. While serving he got involved in producing theatricals for the troops, which led him […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:48AM on September 27, 2013