Harry Akst was an American songwriter who started out his career as a pianist in vaudeville accompanying singers such as Nora Bayes, Frank Fay and Al Jolson. In 1916, he enlisted in the army and met Irving Berlin (in 1921 they would write "Home Again Blues"). His most notable success came with the song he wrote in 1925 with Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young: "Dinah". It would go on to multiple hit recordings by the likes of Bing Crosby, The Mills Brothers, Louis Armstrong, and Fats Waller.
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- Harry Akst was an American songwriter who started out his career as a pianist in vaudeville accompanying singers such as Nora Bayes, Frank Fay and Al Jolson. In 1916, he enlisted in the army and met Irving Berlin (in 1921 they would write "Home Again Blues"). His most notable success came with the song he wrote in 1925 with Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young: "Dinah". It would go on to multiple hit recordings by the likes of Bing Crosby, The Mills Brothers, Louis Armstrong, and Fats Waller. Akst worked on the Broadway production of Artists and Models (1927), eventually moving to Hollywood to continue songwriting for Broadway musicals. He appeared as the rehearsal pianist "Gerry" in 42nd Street (1933). Harry Akst was inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983.
- Harry Akst född 15 augusti, 1894, död 31 mars, 1963, var amerikansk låtskrivare som startade sin karriär som pianist inom vaudeville ackompanjerade sångare som Nora Bayes, Frank Fay och Al Jolson. 1916, gick Akst med i och träffade Irving Berlin (år 1921 skulle de skriva "Home Again Blues" tillsammans). Hans mest noterbara succé kom med sången han skrev 1925 med Sam M. Lewis och Joe Young: "Dinah". Den skulle till att bli mångfaldigt inspelad av artister som Bing Crosby, The Mills Brothers, Louis Armstrong och Fats Waller. År 1927 arbetade Akst på Broadwayproduktionen av Artists and Models, slutligen flyttade han till Hollywood för att fortsätta med låtskrivandet för Broadwaymusikaler. Harry Akst var invald i Songwriters Hall of Fame år 1983.
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- Harry Akst was an American songwriter who started out his career as a pianist in vaudeville accompanying singers such as Nora Bayes, Frank Fay and Al Jolson. In 1916, he enlisted in the army and met Irving Berlin (in 1921 they would write "Home Again Blues"). His most notable success came with the song he wrote in 1925 with Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young: "Dinah". It would go on to multiple hit recordings by the likes of Bing Crosby, The Mills Brothers, Louis Armstrong, and Fats Waller.
- Harry Akst född 15 augusti, 1894, död 31 mars, 1963, var amerikansk låtskrivare som startade sin karriär som pianist inom vaudeville ackompanjerade sångare som Nora Bayes, Frank Fay och Al Jolson. 1916, gick Akst med i och träffade Irving Berlin (år 1921 skulle de skriva "Home Again Blues" tillsammans). Hans mest noterbara succé kom med sången han skrev 1925 med Sam M. Lewis och Joe Young: "Dinah".
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