George M. Cohan
George Michael Cohan (pronounced Ko-han; July 3, 1878 – November 5, 1942), … Read Full Bio ↴George Michael Cohan (pronounced Ko-han; July 3, 1878 – November 5, 1942), known professionally as George M. Cohan, was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and producer.
Cohan began his career as a child, performing with his parents and sister in a vaudeville act known as "The Four Cohans." Beginning with Little Johnny Jones in 1904, he wrote, composed, produced, and appeared in more than three dozen Broadway musicals. Cohan published more than 300 songs during his lifetime, including the standards "Over There", "Give My Regards to Broadway", "The Yankee Doodle Boy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag". As a composer, he was one of the early members of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). He displayed remarkable theatrical longevity, appearing in films until the 1930s, and continuing to perform as a headline artist until 1940.
Known in the decade before World War I as "the man who owned Broadway", he is considered the father of American musical comedy. His life and music were depicted in the Academy Award-winning film Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and the 1968 musical George M!. A statue of Cohan in Times Square in New York City commemorates his contributions to American musical theatre.
Cohan began his career as a child, performing with his parents and sister in a vaudeville act known as "The Four Cohans." Beginning with Little Johnny Jones in 1904, he wrote, composed, produced, and appeared in more than three dozen Broadway musicals. Cohan published more than 300 songs during his lifetime, including the standards "Over There", "Give My Regards to Broadway", "The Yankee Doodle Boy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag". As a composer, he was one of the early members of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). He displayed remarkable theatrical longevity, appearing in films until the 1930s, and continuing to perform as a headline artist until 1940.
Known in the decade before World War I as "the man who owned Broadway", he is considered the father of American musical comedy. His life and music were depicted in the Academy Award-winning film Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and the 1968 musical George M!. A statue of Cohan in Times Square in New York City commemorates his contributions to American musical theatre.
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George M. Cohan Lyrics
Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway My mother's name was Mary She was so good and true Because…
Give My Regards to Broadway Did you ever see two Yankees part upon a foreign…
Grand Old Rag My mother's name was Mary She was so good and true Because…
Harrigan Who is the man who will spend or will even…
I If time stood still And the universe should cease to…
Little Johnny James: Give My Regards to Broadway Did you ever see two Yankees part Upon a foreign…
Little Johnny Jones Liberty: Give my regards to Broadway Did you ever see two Yankees part Upon a foreign…
Little Johnny Jones Sequence Did you ever see two Yankees part Upon a foreign…
Little Johnny Jones: Give My Regards to Broadway Did you ever see two Yankees part Upon a foreign…
Mary My mother's name was Mary She was so good and true Because…
Mary's a Grand Old Name My mother's name was Mary She was so good and true Because…
Marys a Grand Old Name My mother's name was Mary She was so good and true Because…
Medley Nants‘ngonyama bakithi Baba. ‘Ngonyama. Nants‘ngonyama bakit…
Over There Johnnie, get your gun Get your gun, get your gun Take it…
Over There: Intro Johnnie, get your gun Get your gun, get your gun Take it…
Yankee Doodle Boy I'm the kid that's all the candy I'm a Yankee Doodle…
You There's a feeling comes a-stealing And it sets my brain a-re…
You're a Grand Old Flag There's a feeling comes a-stealing And it sets my brain a-re…