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Kimball Root; 1856â1932), and later that year, Warfield and Young sold their rights to Root. Root henceforth published the work both ways; but the prevailing attribution has gone to Graham and Williams.
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severing his relationship with the firm. Graham was mentioned as manager of Craig & Company as late as April 5, 1919. Craig & Co. was mentioned as being for sale in 1916.
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This article is about an early twentieth century lyricist, composer. For other people with similar names, see
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1263:Biographical Dictionary of American Music,
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284:Numkovsky; 1874â1950), manager for
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63:(1938-10-25)
1747:1938 deaths
1742:1885 births
1438:"Love Note"
1220:R.R. Bowker
1161:Filmography
1150:Joe Sanders
845:Dave Peyton
520:Jasbo Brown
460:Drake Hotel
444:silent film
277:recording.
255:New Orleans
201:Los Angeles
170:Prohibition
144:blues songs
132:silent film
114:World War I
77:Occupations
1736:Categories
1197:References
1154:brass bass
1044:May Hill,
668:, New York
387:office of
304:anything.
136:vaudeville
42:1885-06-12
1682:Routledge
1298:819340387
1236:604233677
1125:319947535
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770:499068405
753:780755685
730:499153352
713:755713761
693:497748690
689:853604545
679:498799258
563:Al Jolson
527:Addresses
511:etymology
378:, Chicago
259:Leo Feist
159:Al Jolson
140:burlesque
1690:71632235
1684:(2007);
1667:45757846
1661:(2001);
1471:38216305
1292:(2012);
1252:10721505
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937:71259987
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894:61744887
863:64589486
847:(1916) â
593:standard
401:New York
343:Brooklyn
302:composed
189:interred
122:Jazz Age
86:composer
83:Lyricist
1558:Variety
1248:7065938
1135:YouTube
1107:YouTube
575:Chicago
477:Divorce
393:Morse's
385:Chicago
226:on the
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228:Victor
89:singer
1130:audio
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549:Death
191:in a
127:circa
1686:OCLC
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1167:IMDb
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484:(nÊe
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275:ODJB
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138:and
58:Died
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