This morning's subject is not to be confused with the other Johnny Burke the minor film comedian. This Johnny Burke (1908-1964) was a tin pan alley songwriter, usually a lyricist. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Burke started out as a song plugger for the Chicago branch of Irving Berlin's publishing comany, and as […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:36AM on October 3, 2020