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Edgar Leslie (December 31, 1885 – January 22, 1976) was an American songwriter.
Biography
Edgar Leslie was born in Stamford, Connecticut 1885. He was studied at the Cooper Union in New York. He published his first song in 1909 starting a long prolific career as a composers and lyricists. He died in 1976.
Musical career
Leslie's first song, "Lonesome" (1909), was an immediate success, recorded by the Haydn Quartet and again by Byron G. Harlan. Other notable artists recorded his early works. Among them were Nat M. Wills, Julian Rose, Belle Baker, Lew Dockstader, James Barton and Joe Welch.
A founding member of the ASCAP in 1914, Leslie served as its director from 1931 to 1941 and from 1947 to 1953. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.
Leslie's best-known songs include "Among My Souvenirs", "Come On Papa", "For Me And My Gal", "Hello, Hawaii, How Are You?", "Girls of France", and "Moon Over Miami".
Selected songs
- He'd Have to Get Under – Get Out and Get Under (to Fix Up His Automobile)
- Among My Souvenirs
- Come On Papa
- For Me And My Gal
- Hello, Hawaii, How Are You?
- Girls of France
- Moon Over Miami