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Bernice Petkere (August 11, 1901–January 7, 2000) was an American songwriter. She was dubbed the "Queen of Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City-centered History of music publishings and songwriters who dominated the American popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century....
" by Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin was a Jewish American composer and lyricist, and one of the most prolific American songwriters in history. Berlin was one of the few Tin Pan Alley/Broadway theater songwriters who wrote both lyrics and music for his songs....
.

Born in Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
, Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
, she began performing in vaudeville as a child. "Starlight (Help Me Find The One I Love)" (1931), her first published song, was recorded by Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an United States popular singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death.One of the first multimedia stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses....
. She also wrote radio themes for CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
. Other notable songs include "Lullaby of The Leaves" , "The Lady I Love," "Close Your Eyes
Close Your Eyes (1933 song)

"Close Your Eyes" is a popular music song written by American composer Bernice Petkere. The song was published in 1933 in music....
", "Starlight", "My River Home," "By A Rippling Stream," "Stay Out of My Dreams," "A Mile A Minute" and "It's All So New To Me", which was featured in the Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford After an absence of nearly two years from the screen, Crawford staged a comeback by starring in Mildred Pierce , for which she won the Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Actress....
 film "The Ice Follies of 1939
The Ice Follies of 1939

The Ice Follies of 1939 is a 1939 in film motion picture directed by Reinhold Sch?nzel, and starring Joan Crawford, James Stewart , Lew Ayres and Lewis Stone....
" (MGM, 1939).






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Bernice Petkere (August 11, 1901–January 7, 2000) was an American songwriter. She was dubbed the "Queen of Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City-centered History of music publishings and songwriters who dominated the American popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century....
" by Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin was a Jewish American composer and lyricist, and one of the most prolific American songwriters in history. Berlin was one of the few Tin Pan Alley/Broadway theater songwriters who wrote both lyrics and music for his songs....
.

Born in Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
, Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
, she began performing in vaudeville as a child. "Starlight (Help Me Find The One I Love)" (1931), her first published song, was recorded by Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an United States popular singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death.One of the first multimedia stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses....
. She also wrote radio themes for CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
. Other notable songs include "Lullaby of The Leaves" , "The Lady I Love," "Close Your Eyes
Close Your Eyes (1933 song)

"Close Your Eyes" is a popular music song written by American composer Bernice Petkere. The song was published in 1933 in music....
", "Starlight", "My River Home," "By A Rippling Stream," "Stay Out of My Dreams," "A Mile A Minute" and "It's All So New To Me", which was featured in the Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford After an absence of nearly two years from the screen, Crawford staged a comeback by starring in Mildred Pierce , for which she won the Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Actress....
 film "The Ice Follies of 1939
The Ice Follies of 1939

The Ice Follies of 1939 is a 1939 in film motion picture directed by Reinhold Sch?nzel, and starring Joan Crawford, James Stewart , Lew Ayres and Lewis Stone....
" (MGM, 1939). She was a member of ASCAP and the Writers Guild of America
Writers Guild of America

The Writers Guild of America is a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different US labor unions:* The Writers Guild of America, East , representing TV and film writers around New York City....
. Her songs have been recorded by Kurt Elling
Kurt Elling

Kurt Elling is an United States jazz vocalist.Elling graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota in 1989. He then enrolled in The University of Chicago's Divinity School and remained a student there until January 1992, when he left school one credit short of graduation....
, Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett is an United States singer of traditional pop music, pop standards and jazz.Raised in New York City, Bennett began singing at an early age....
, Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee was an United States jazz and traditional pop singer and songwriter and Academy Award-nominated actress. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota....
, Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson

Nancy Wilson may refer to:* Nancy Wilson , American jazz singer and actress* Nancy Wilson , American singer and guitar player, co-founder of the band Heart...
, Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as "Jazz royalty" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century....
, Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah

Dana Elaine Owens , better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American Rapping, Singing, CoverGirl and actress. Latifah's work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe Award award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy Award nominat...
, Vic Damone
Vic Damone

Vic Damone is an United States singer and entertainer....
, Betty Carter
Betty Carter

Betty Carter , born Lillie Mae Jones, was an United States jazz singer renowned for her Musical improvisation technique and idiosyncratic vocal style....
 and Kate Smith
Kate Smith

Kathryn Elizabeth "Kate" Smith was an American singer, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America". Smith had a radio, television and recording career spanning five decades, reaching its most-remembered zenith in the 1940s....
. Petkere died in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

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, California
California

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, at age 98.

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