Alexander Dubin  (1891-1945)
Last updated: 30.09.24
According to the Internet source given below, Alexander Dubin was an American lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren.
Al Dubin came from a Russian Jewish family that emigrated to the United States from Switzerland and grew up in Philadelphia.. In 1932, Dubin teamed officially Harry Warren and by 1939 had written 60 hit songs for several Warner Bros. movie musicals.
Dubin was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Websites:
url15.gif Al Dubin Biography by wikipedia.org.  
  Title (Release Year) Co-Author(s) Performers Issue
         
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cylinder15.gif Just a Girl That Men Forget (1923) Fred Rath
Joe Garren
Jim Doherty Edison Blue Amberol: 4812
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Just a Girl That Men Forget (1923) A. Dubin (w&m)
Fred Rath (coauth.)
Joe Garren (coauth.)
McGrath & Deeds (perf.)
Piano Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 16 works by Alexander Dubin (1891-1945). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Twas Only an Irishman's Dream 1916 John J. O'Brien (words)  wvicon.gif
Some Day I'll Make You Care 1918 Clarence Gaskill (co-author)
Charles Shisler (co-author)
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Everyone I Love Lives Down in Dixie 1918. Mildred Harris (perf.)
Come Back to Jumbo Gumbo (w&m) 1920 Clarence Gaskill (co-author)  Pub.
Who'll Take the Place of Mary (w&m) 1920 Clarence Gaskill (co-author)
Harry Mayo (co-author)
 Pub.
It's a Man, Ev'ry Time, It's a Man (w&m) 1923 Irwin Dash (co-author)
Jimmy McHugh (co-author)
Neil McKinley (perf.)
Jessie Reed (perf.)
Wright & Bessinger (perf.)
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Just a Girl That Men Forget (w&m) 1923 Fred Rath (co-author)
Joe Garren (co-author)
Alyce & Lucille Sheldon (perf.)
Alyce & Lucille (perf.)
Corinne Arbuckle (perf.)
Courtney Sisters (perf.)
Jim Doherty (perf.)
Arthur Hays (perf.)
McFarland & Palace (perf.)
McGrath & Deeds (perf.)
Buddy Walker (perf.)
 Pub.  cylinder15.gif
Hard Boiled Rose 1924 Jimmy McHugh (words)
Irving Mills (words)
Irwin Dash (words)
 Pub.
I Don't Care What You Used to Be 1924 Jimmy McHugh (co-author)
McGrath & Deeds (perf.)
 Pub.
Nobody Knows What a Red-Head Mamma Can Do 1924 Sammy Fain (co-author)
Irving Mills (co-author)
 Pub.
Song of the Volga Boatmen (w&m) 1924  Pub.
Banana Oil (w&m) 1926 McHugh (co-author)
gross1 (co-author)
Vaughn de Leath (perf.)
I Must Be Dreaming 1927 Pat Flaherty (co-author)
Al Sherman (co-author)
Herbie Koch (perf.)
McGrath & Deeds (perf.)
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Pagan Moon (w&m) 1931 Al Bryan (co-author)
Joe Burke (co-author)
 Pub.
Anniversary Waltz, The 1941 Dave Franklin (words)  wvicon.gif
There Is My Love Song 1941 Joe Burke (words)
Abe Lyman (perf.)
Loyce Whiteman (perf.)
 Pub.