Dave Franklin
Biography
Dave Franklin (September 28, 1895 – February 2, 1970) was an accomplished American songwriter and pianist. A member of Tin Pan Alley, Franklin co-wrote "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", which was adopted as the theme song to the Looney Tunes cartoon series. His primary collaborator was lyricist Cliff Friend. His other collaborators included Al Dubin, Isham Jones, Irving Taylor. Franklin worked in vaudeville and night clubs in the U.S. and Europe. According to The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900–1950, by Roger Kinkle, he left school at 13 to work as a pianist in a publishing house. Some of his songs were recorded by Glen Gray, Isham Jones, Guy Lombardo and Frankie Trumbauer.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
1997
Three From The Vault
2007
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1988
20 Greatest Hits
1980
The Swing Years
1965
32 Minutes And 17 Seconds With Cliff Richard
1962
Rock And Rollin'
1956
Beyond The Sunset
1956
The Kay Starr Style
1954
Television's Greatest Hits, Volume II - (65 More TV Themes From The 50's & 60's)
1986
Middle Class White Boy
1982
Listen To Cliff
1980
At The Savoy Ballroom 1937
1971
Fats Domino
1971
Swampwater
1971
Memories
1969
Back In N.Y. Vol.1 (1935)
1969
Party Time
1959
Invite You to Listen and Relax
1958
Mutiny In The Parlor
1958
An Evening With Guy Lombardo
1958
"Very Truly Yours"
1955
Ragtime Piano
1955
The Uncollected The King Sisters, 1947
1994
Credited work
1,331 releases · 383 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 1,422
- Other credits · 21
- Production · 2
Studios: CTS Studios · Contemporary's Studio · Group IV Recording Studios · Annex Studios, Hollywood
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Fats Domino
- Vera Lynn
- Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians
- Ken Griffin (2)
- Bing Crosby
- Lawrence Welk
- Eddy Howard And His Orchestra