Grace Leboy

Grace LeBoy or Grace Leboy (September 22, 1890 - May 24, 1983) was an American composer. She was also known as Grace Le Boy, Grace Kahn and Grace LeBoy Kahn.[1]

Biography

Born in Brooklyn NY, Leboy was a precocious musician, gaining employment as a pianist by age 15,[2] and fame by age 18 with her song "I Wish I Had A Girl".[3] By age 21 she had songs on the Broadway stage[4] in Jumping Jupiter.[5] Notable performers of her day recorded her songs and compositions.[6] Lyrics for many of her songs were written by Gus Kahn whom she married in 1915.[7] They were the parents of Donald Gustave Kahn (July 17, 1918 – April 11, 2008) and Irene Kahn (1922–1985). Grace was played by Doris Day in I'll See You in My Dreams, a film that portrays the lives and times of Leboy and Kahn.[8]

Selected compositions
  • Are You Lonesome[9] 1909
  • Bring Along Your Dancing Shoes[10] 1915
  • Dublin Bay[11] 1912
  • Early In The Morning (Down On The Farm)[12] 1916
  • Everybody Rag With Me[13] 1914
  • The Good Ship Mary Ann[14] 1914
  • Henry, oh Henry[15] 1912
  • I Wish I Had A Girl[16] 1907
  • I'm awfully afraid of girls[17] 1910
  • I'm on the jury[18] 1913
  • It all goes up in smoke[19] 1910
  • It's touch when Izzy Rosenstein loves Genevieve Malone[20] 1910
  • June, July and August[21] 1909
  • Just wond'ring : waltz song 1927
  • Lazy Day[22] 1932
  • Love and Springtime[23] 1914
  • Make a noise like a hoop and roll away
  • Moonlight on the Mississippi[24] 1913
  • Music vot's music must come from Berlin
  • My heart keeps right on beating[25] 1911
  • Oh how that woman could cook[26] 1914
  • On the 5:15[27]
  • Pass The Pickles: Tango 1913[28]
  • Pretty soft for me[29] 1909
  • Roses at Dawning
  • Say boys! I've found a girl[30] 1909
  • Soap-bubble Days[31] 1910
  • Think Of Me (I'll Be Thinking Of You)
  • Those Olden Golden Days of Long Ago (lyrics by Daisy Sullivan) 1917
  • To The Strains Of That Wedding March[32] 1910
  • 'Twas Only A Summer Night's Dream = Solo Fué Un Sueño En Noche De Verano 1932
  • You and I Cupid[33] 1910
  • (You're always sure of) My love for you[34] 1930
  • Will you always call me honey[35] 1908
  • Will You Be Sorry?[36] 1928
  • What's the use of moonlight[37] 1909
  • When Jack Came Sailing Home Again[38] 1911

References
  1. "name". Find-a-grave. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. ASCAP Dictionary of Composers, Authors and Publishers (3rd ed.). ASCAP. p. 377.
  3. "I Wish I Had A Girl". Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. Stubblebine, Donald J (2002). Early Broadway sheet music : a comprehensive listing of published music from Broadway and other stage shows, 1843-1918. McFarland. p. 121.
  5. "Jumping Jupiter". IBDB. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  6. "list of recordings and photo". Discogs. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  7. Marriages Index, 1871-1920. Cook County Chicago IL.
  8. "I'll See You In My Dreams (1952)". Turner Classic Movie.
  9. "Are You Lonesome". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  10. "Bring Along Your Dancing Shoes". Archive of Popular American Music. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  11. "Dublin Bay" (PDF). Indiana State University Library. Remick. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  12. "Early in the morning (down on the farm)". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  13. "Everybody Rag with me". Digital Sheet Music Collection. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  14. "The good ship Mary Ann". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. Remick. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  15. "Henry, oh Henry". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. Aubrey Stauffer & Co. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  16. "I Wish I had a Gril". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. Thompson Music Co. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  17. "I'm awfully afraid of girls". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. M Witmore & Sons. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  18. "I'm on the Jury". YorkSpace. Remick. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  19. "It all goes up in smoke". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. M Witmark & Sons. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  20. "It's touch when Izzy Rosenstein loves Genevieve Malone". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. Will Rosseter. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  21. "June, July and August". Yorkspace. Thompson. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  22. "Lazy Day". Yorkspace. Robbins. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  23. "Love and Springtime". Johns Hopkins Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection. Harold Rossiter Music Company. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  24. "Moonlight on the Mississippi". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. Remick. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  25. "My heart keeps right on beating". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. Shapiro. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  26. "Oh how that woman could cook". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. Remick. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  27. "sound recording". Library of Congress National Jutebox. Victor Records. 1915-04-08. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  28. "Pass the Pickles" (PDF). Classic Ragtime Piano. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  29. "Pretty soft for me". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. Shapiro. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  30. "Say boys! I've found a girl" (PDF). Yorkspace. Shapiro. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  31. "Soap-bubble days". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. Witmark & Sons. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  32. "To the strains of that wedding march". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. M Witmark & Sons. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  33. "You and I Cupid". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. Will Rossiter. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  34. "(You're always sure of) my love for you". Yorkspace. Radio Music Company. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  35. "Will you always call me honey". University of Oregon Historic Sheet Music Collection. Thomson. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  36. "Will You be Sorry?" (PDF). York University's Institutional Repository. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  37. "What's the use of moonlight". Yorkspace. Will Rossiter. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  38. "When Jack Came Sailing Home Again". Johns Hopkins Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection. Harold Rossiter Music Company. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
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