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Nick Kenny's poem, "Pirate's Moon," illustrated by Richard Bassford. Nicholas Aloysius Kenny (February 3, 1895 in Astoria, New York - December 1, 1975 in Sarasota, Florida ) was a syndicated newspaper columnist, a song lyricist and a poet who wrote light verse in the Edgar Guest tradition.
It began life as a poem by Nick Kenny. J. Fred Coots read the poem in the New York Daily Mirror, and obtained Kenny's permission to set the poem to music. He went through 4 different melodies before settling on the published version known today. The melody bears similarity to the 1881 song The Spanish Cavalier. [1] Lyrics were credited to both ...
Pages in category "Songs with lyrics by Nick Kenny (poet)" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
Nick Kenny may refer to: Nick Kenny (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer; Nick Kenny (poet), American poet, newspaper columnist, and song lyricist;
Drop Me Off in Harlem" is a 1933 song composed during the Harlem Renaissance composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Nick Kenny. [1] A.H. Lawrence writes that the song originated from an off the cuff remark from Ellington. Nick Kenny had hailed a taxi, and offered to share it with Ellington. Kenny asked "Where to, Duke?", and ...
"There's a Gold Mine in the Sky" is a popular song first published in 1937. The music was written by Charles Kenny and Nick Kenny. [1] It charted at #1 on the "Sheet-Music Leaders" Chart in Billboard Magazine issued February 12, 1938, [2] for the week ending February 5, 1938.
After he began at the Detroit Free Press as a copy boy and then a reporter, his first poem appeared on 11 December 1898. He became a naturalized citizen in 1902. For 40 years, Guest was widely read throughout North America, and his sentimental, optimistic poems were in the same vein as the light verse of Nick Kenny, who wrote syndicated columns during the same decades.
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