Cliff Friend(1893-1974)
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Composer, songwriter ("The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"), author and
pianist, educated at the Cincinnati College and Conservatory. He was a
test pilot at Wright Field. After three years as accompanist to Harry
Richman in vaudeville, he was featured in English music halls, and
later throughout the world. He wrote the Broadway stage scores for
"Piggy" and "George White's Scandals of 1929", and songs for "Bombo"
and "The Passing Show of 1921". Joining ASCAP in 1922, his chief
musical collaborators were Lew Brown, Sidney Clare, Billy Rose, Irving
Caesar, Dave Franklin, Abel Baer, and Charles Tobias. His other
popular-song compositions include "Oo-oo Ernest", "You Tell Her, I
Stutter", Lovesick Blues", "Blue Hoosier Blues", "June Night", "Mama
Loves Papa", "There's 'Yes Yes' in Your Eyes", "Big Butter and Egg
Man", "Then I'll Be Happy", "Where the Lazy Daisies Grow", "Give Me a
Night in June", "When the Pussywillow Whispers to the Catnip", "My
Blackbirds are Bluebirds", "Freddie the Freshman", "Bigger and Better
han Ever", "Bottoms Up", "The Broken Record", "When My Dreamboat Comes
Home", "Wah-hoo", "You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming", "Tamiami Trail",
"I Must See Annie Tonight", "Trade Winds", "We Did It Before, and We
Can Do It Again", "Don't Sweetheart Me", "You Missed the Boat", and
"Time Waits for No One".