Harry M. Woods

Harry MacGregor Woods ( * November 4, 1896 in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts as Henry MacGregor Woods, † January 14, 1970 in Glendale, Arizona ) was an American musician, composer and songwriter. He wrote the song " Try a Little Tenderness ".

Life and work

Woods' mother, a concert singer, early taught him to play the piano. He was born without fingers on his right hand and lay a special chord attack technique. After completing his studies at Harvard University, Woods moved to Cape Cod and initially began life as a farmer on. During World War II, he began writing songs when he served in the Army. After his service discharge, he moved to New York and began his successful career as a songwriter. His first success was the song "I'm Goin 'South ," which he wrote in 1923 with Abner Silver; it reached # 2 on the music charts in the version of Al Jolson. Also released this year " Paddlin ' Madeleine Home ", which was sung by Cliff Edwards in 1925 in the musical Sunny and debuted at # 3 on the Billboard charts.

In 1926, Harry M. Woods had established himself as a songwriter on Tin Pan Alley. Also his song "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin ' Along" as a hit by Paul Whiteman, " Whispering " Jack Smith, Cliff Edwards and the Ipana Troubadors became known. Al Jolson became No. 1 on the Billboard charts with this title. 1953, the song was sung by Doris Day. In 1927 he released his next big hit, " I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" with the text by Mort Dixon.

1929 Woods began for Hollywood musicals such as The Vagabond Lover, A Lady's Morals, Temper Artistic, Aunt Sally, Twentieth Century, Road House, Limelight, It's Love Again, Merry Go Round of 1938 and to write She's For Me. In 1934 he moved to London, where he worked for three years for the British film studio Gaumont, so for the movies Jack Ahoy and Evergreen. In the same year the classic " What a Little Moonlight Can Do " for the film Road House was born. In 1945, Harry M. Woods drew largely withdrew from the music scene; He died in 1970 in a car accident.

Known songs

Harry M. Woods wrote and composed most of his songs; but he also worked with Mort Dixon, Al Sherman, Howard Johnson, Arthur Freed, Rube Bloom and Gus Kahn. He wrote " I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover ", " I'm Goin 'South ," " Just a Butterfly that's Caught in the Rain", "Side by Side ", " My Old Man," " A Little Kiss Each Morning, "" Heigh - Ho, Everybody, Heigh -Ho, "" Man From the South ", " River Stay ' Way from My Door ", " When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain, "" We Just Could not Say Goodbye, "" Just and echo in the Valley "," A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet ", " You Ought to See Sally on Sunday ", " Hustlin 'and bustlin ' for Baby ", " What a Little Moonlight Can Do ", " Try a Little Tenderness ," " I'll Never Say ' Never Again ' Again ", " Over My Shoulder ", " Tinkle Tinkle Tinkle ", "When You've Got a Little Springtime in Your Heart" and "I Nearly Let Love Go Slipping Through My Fingers ".