Ira Schuster
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Ira Schuster born October 1889 in New York City, worked as a pianist at various publishing companies on Tin Pan Alley
in the early 20th Century. Collaborating with notable songwriters of the time, Schuster had a string of hits in the early 1910s, 20s and 30s. Schuster was also one of the first songwriters to form his own publishing company.
His best known songs include “Hold Me,” “A Shanty in Old Shaty Town,” “Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes,” “I Am an American,” “Go Home and Tell Your Mother,” and “Let’s Grow Old Together."
Schuster was a husband and father. He had two children, Wally and Phoebe. He had four grandchildren, Johnny, Peter, Jason, and Michael Garrett.
Ira Schuster (AKA John Siras) died in New York in October 1945.
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Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century...
in the early 20th Century. Collaborating with notable songwriters of the time, Schuster had a string of hits in the early 1910s, 20s and 30s. Schuster was also one of the first songwriters to form his own publishing company.
His best known songs include “Hold Me,” “A Shanty in Old Shaty Town,” “Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes,” “I Am an American,” “Go Home and Tell Your Mother,” and “Let’s Grow Old Together."
Schuster was a husband and father. He had two children, Wally and Phoebe. He had four grandchildren, Johnny, Peter, Jason, and Michael Garrett.
Ira Schuster (AKA John Siras) died in New York in October 1945.
http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/notable_writers/C5035
http://www.dbopm.com/link/index/4401/3144
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