Jean Schwartz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean Schwartz

songwriter

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1878

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 30-Nov-1956

Profession: songwriter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Jean Schwartz

  • Jean Schwartz (November 4, 1878 – November 30, 1956) was a Hungarian-born American songwriter. Schwartz was born in Budapest, Hungary.
  • His family moved to New York City when he was 13 years old.
  • He took various music-related jobs including demonstrating and selling sheet music in department stores before being hired as a staff pianist and song-plugger by the Shapiro-Bernstein Publishing House of Tin Pan Alley.
  • He published his first composition, a cakewalk, in 1899.
  • He became known as an accomplished lyricist, although he also continued to write music. In 1901, he began a successful collaboration with William Jerome.
  • They co-wrote many songs which were used in Broadway shows, including "Mr.
  • Dooley," which was sung by the title character in The Wizard of Oz, as well as the Ziegfeld Follies.
  • They worked with Eddie Morton for the song "I'm A Member of the Midnight Crew" in 1909.
  • Their biggest hit together was the 1910 song "Chinatown, My Chinatown", still popular with Dixieland bands.
  • Schwartz and Jerome stopped working together in 1913.

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