Harry Carroll
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Harry Carroll (November 28, 1892 in Atlantic City —December 26, 1962 in Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania) was an American songwriter. He was a self taught musician and began playing piano in movie houses while still in grade school. He later moved to New York City and entertained in the evenings at cafés and in vaudeville performances.
In 1912, Carroll was hired by the Schubert brothers Winter Garden productions as a contract writer. He wrote several Broadway stage scores and some popular favorites: I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (based on a section of Fantaisie-Impromptu by Frédéric Chopin); By The Beautiful Sea and Trail of the Lonesome Pine, among them. Harry married a rockette, Estelle, and fathered two children, June and Harry Jr., during his time in New York. Later he moved west to LA., becoming involved in early movies. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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