Wendell Hall(1896-1969)
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Songwriter ("It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'"), composer, singer, ukelele
player and author, educated at the Chicago Preparatory School. He
served in the military during World war I, then sang and played ukulele
on radio from 1922, known as the "Red-Headed Music Maker". He made a
worldwide radio tour between 1924 and 1927, became broadcasting
director for the CBS "Majestic Theatre of the Air" in 1929, and was a
featured performer on the NBC "Fitch Band Wagon" between 1932 and 1935.
Thereafter he was the song leader on the "Original Community Sing" over
CBS in 1936 and 1937. From 1941 through 1948 he was an advertising
executive with Adsongs. Joining ASCAP in 1934, his chief musical
collaborators included Haven Gillespie, Carson Robison, Harry Woods,
and Peter De Rose; his other popular-song compositions include "Will
You Forget Me While I'm Away?", "Underneath the Mellow Moon", "Land of
My Sunset Dreams", "My Carolina Rose", "Whispering Trees", "Your
Shining Eyes", "My Dream Sweetheart", and "Miss American Legion". (He
also wrote children's tunes.)