Sidney Clare
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Sidney Clare was a comedian, dancer and composer born in New York on August 15, 1892. He died in Los Angeles on August 29, 1972. In 1933, Clare wrote his first full film score for "Street Girl". He did the film scores for "Tanned Legs", "Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round", "Sing and Be Happy", "Hit the Deck", "Jimmy and Sally", "Bright Eyes", "The Littlest Rebel and Rascals".
The Oxford English Dictionary credits Clare with the earliest usage of the term "rock and roll" in 1934 on the soundrack for the movie Transatlantic Merry-go-Round.
He has worked with numerous other composers to produce hits including:
- Con Conrad
- Cliff Friend
- Lew Pollack
- Sam Stept
- Lew Brown
- Richard Whiting
- Jay Gorney
- Harry Warren
- Vincent Youmans
- Oscar Levant
- Jimmy Monaco
- Buddy De Sylva
Some of his hits include:
- "On the Good Ship Lollipop"
- "What Do You Mean by Loving Somebody Else?"
- "I’m Missin’ Mammy’s Kissin’"
- "Weep No More My Mammy"
- "Oo-Oo Ernest"
- "A New Kind of Man"
- "Big Butter and Egg Man"
- "Me and the Boy Friend"
- "We’re Back Together Again"
- "Then I’ll Be Happy"
- "Miss Annabelle Lee"
- "One Sweet Letter From You"
- "Lovable and Sweet"
- "My Dream Memory"
- "Keeping Myself for You"
- "You’re My Thrill"
- "I’ve Got You on Top of My List"
- "It Was A Night in June"
- "Polly Wolly Doodle"
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
