Thursday, November 27, 2014

Harry S. Warren
Original name: Salvatore Guaragna

Birth: Dec. 23, 1893
Death: Sep. 22, 1981

American composer and lyricist.
The plaque bearing Harry Warren's epitaph displays the first few notes of "You'll Never Know (Just How Much I Love You)," one of the many well-loved hits by this Brooklyn-born songwriter.
Among his hits are "I Only Have Eyes for You," "42nd Street," "Chattanooga Choo-Choo," "Serenade in Blue," "Jeepers Creepers," and "You're Getting to be a Habit with Me."
 Three of his songs, "Lullabye of Broadway," "You'll Never Know," and "On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe," won Academy Awards for Warren. 

Family links:
 Spouse:
  Josephine V. Warren (1896 - 1993)*

 Children:
  Sonny Warren (1919 - 1939)*
  Joan Julia Jones (1924 - 1991)*

 
Burial:
Westwood Memorial Park
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Harry S. Warren
 
Harry S. Warren
 
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