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Harry Akst 1894 - 1963

Harry Akst of California was born on August 15, 1894 in New York, NY États-Unis, and died at age 68 years old in March 1963 at Hollywood in Los Angeles, Comté de Los Angeles County, CA. Harry Akst was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park 6300 Forest Lawn Dr, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County.

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August 15, 1894
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    Composer, Songwriter. Born in New York City, he was one of the most prolific composers of the era and an accomplished pianist and conductor. In 1925, along with lyricists Sam Lewis and Joe Young, he wrote "Dinah", one of the most recorded songs of all time. His other notable collaborations included "A Smile Will Go A Long Way", "Baby Face", "There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby", "As Long As I'm With You", "Don't It Mean A Thing", "Birmingham Bertha" and "Everybody Swing". He also wrote scores for the musical films "Bulldog Drummond", "The Squall", "This is Heaven", "On With the Show" and "Stand Up and Cheer!". He died in in Hollywood, California and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983.
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Akst, Gertrude (May 24, 1911 - Apr 16, 1997) Akst, Nathan (Aug 8, 1908 - Dec 17, 1991) Akst, Walter (Nov 11, 1914 - Mar 1985) Akst, Louis (Jul 16, 1893 - Jan 1973) Akst, Ted (Feb 15, 1907 - Aug 7, 2000) Akst, Simon (May 14, 1921 - Mar 3, 1993) Akst, Irving (May 25, 1919 - Mar 5, 2001) Akst, Max (Apr 16, 1910 - Jun 13, 2007) Akst, Estelle (May 18, 1909 - Jun 30, 1997) Akst, Gale (Jan 1, 1898 - Feb 1967)
AKst, Harold (Oct 31, 1908 - Feb 1983) Akst, Paul (Jul 6, 1911 - Apr 8, 1995) Akst, Anna (Feb 18, 1900 - Jul 1981) Akst, Anne (Jan 11, 1905 - Jul 15, 1999) Akst, Albert (Jul 20, 1936 - Nov 7, 1998) Akst, Phyllis (Feb 11, 1925 - May 1, 2001) Akst, Estelle (May 10, 1912 - Mar 16, 2002) Akst, Henrietta (Jul 28, 1894 - Dec 1982) Akst, Robert (Oct 12, 1921 - Mar 8, 2004) Akst, Helen (Apr 4, 1931 - Sep 20, 2010)
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