Bert Grant (12 July 1878 – 9 May 1951) was an American composer, pianist, and charter member of the

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Biography

He was born in New York in 1878. He worked for both

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music publishers and Broadway theater companies. He performed the first musical broadcast from

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Selected works

*"Along the Rocky Road to Dublin" *"Arrah Go On, I'm Gonna Go Back To Oregon" *"Blue Bird" *"If I Knock the 'L' out of Kelly" *"In the Light of the Same Old Moon" *"The Trolley Car Swing" *"

The Worst Is Yet to Come "The Worst Is Yet to Come" is a World War I-era song recorded on December 12, 1918 in Camden, New Jersey. Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young provided the lyrics. Bert Grant was the composer. The song was published by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, Inc. in Ne ...

" *"When the Angelus is Ringing" *" When The Sun Goes Down In Romany: My Heart Goes Roaming Back To You" *"When You're Away"

Selected Broadway credits

*''Cinderella on Broadway''

Awards

Seventeen of his songs are in the National Jukebox at the

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