Joseph E. Howard(1878-1961)
- Music Department
- Actor
- Writer
Songwriter ("I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now"), composer, actor, singer,
producer, director and author. He was a boy soprano in vaudeville at
age eleven, and toured in a stock-company production of "Little Eva".
He wrote he Broadway and Chicago stage scores (also produced and
directed) for "The Land of Nod", "The Time, the Place and the Girl",
"The Girl Question", "A Stubborn Cinderella", "The Goddess of Liberty",
and "The Prince of Tonight". He would also entertain in night clubs and
theatres and on radio and elevision. Joining ASCAP in 1921, his chief
musical collaborators were Frank Adams, Will Hough and Harold Orlob,
and his other popular-song compositions include "Can't Get You Out of
My Mind", "Hello, My Baby", "Goodbye, My Lady Love", "There's Nothing
Like a Good Old Song", "Somewhere in France Is the Lily", "On a
Saturday Night", "Love Me Litle, Love Me Long", "Montana", "Silver in
Your Hair", "Whistle a Song", "On the Boulevard", "San Francisco
Frizz", "An Echo of Her Smile", "I Don't Like Your Family", "Blow the
Smoke Away", "What's the Use of Dreaming?", "Honeymoon", "When You
First Kiss the Last Girl You Love", "Be Sweet to Me, Kid", "Tonight
Will Never Come Again", and "Cross Your Heart".
