Joseph A. Burke was an American

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 composer and pianist. He was born in Philadelphia and died in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. He graduated from the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and started as a pianist accompanying silent movies and an arranger in a music publishing firm. It was during this time that he started writing songs for publication. After he had a few hits he started composing full time. He partnered with some great lyricists; Benny Davis (Carolina Moon) and Walter Donaldson (Just the Same) and Joseph McCarthy, Jr (Rambling Rose). However, the partners he had the most successes with were, Al Dubin (Tip Toe Through the Tulips, I'm Painting the Clouds with Sunshine, For You) and Edgar Leslie (On Treasure Island, A Little Bit Independent, In a Little Gypsy Tea Room, Moon Over Miami, It Looks Like Rain on Cherry Blossom Lane) He spent most of his professional career on the East Coast but, for a short time in the late 1920's and early 1930's, he lived in Los Angeles where he composed film scores and several songs for movies. These include:

• Gold Diggers of Broadway
  Gold Diggers of Broadway (film)
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   (1929)
• Hearts in Exile
• Little Johnny Jones
  Little Johnny Jones
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• She Couldn’t Say No
• Hold Everything
  Hold Everything (1930 film)
  Hold Everything is a 1930 early all-talking film. It was the first musical comedy film to be released that was photographed entirely in early two-color Technicolor. It was adapted from the DeSylva-Brown-Henderson Broadway musical of the same name that had served as a vehicle for Bert Lahr and...
  
  
• Dancing Sweeties
• Oh Sailor Behave
• Top Speed
• Sweethearts on Parade
• Sally
  Sally (musical)
  Sally is a musical comedy with music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Clifford Grey and book by Guy Bolton , with additional lyrics by Buddy De Sylva, Anne Caldwell and P. G. Wodehouse. It was originally produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, opening on December 21, 1920 at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway...
  
  
• Big Boy and Palooka (also known as The Great Schnozzle)

His hit songs include:

• "Carolina Moon" - Gene Austin
  Gene Austin
  Gene Austin was an American singer and songwriter, one of the first "crooners". His 1920s compositions "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" and "The Lonesome Road" became pop and jazz standards.-Career:...
  
   (1929)
• "Tip Toe Through the Tulips" - Nick Lucas
  Nick Lucas
  Nick Lucas born Dominic Nicholas Anthony Lucanese was an American singer and pioneer jazz guitarist, remembered as "the grandfather of the jazz guitar", whose peak of popularity lasted from the mid-1920s to the early 1930s.-Career:In 1922, at the age of 25, he gained renown with his hit renditions...
  
   (1929)
• "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" - Nat Shilkret
  Nathaniel Shilkret
  Nathaniel Shilkret was an American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive, and music director born in New York City, New York to an Austrian immigrant family.-Early career:...
  
   (1930)
• "On Treasure Island" - Tommy Dorsey
  Tommy Dorsey
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   (1935)
• "Moon Over Miami
  Moon Over Miami
  Moon Over Miami may refer to:* Moon Over Miami , 1941 musical* Moon Over Miami , 1993 comedy* "Moon Over Miami"...
  
  " - Eddy Duchin
  Eddy Duchin
  Eddy Duchin was an American popular pianist and bandleader of the 1930s and 1940s, famous for his engaging onstage personality, his elegant piano style, and his fight against leukemia.-Early career:...
  
   (1936)
• "Who Wouldn’t Love You" - Kay Kyser
  Kay Kyser
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   (1942)

He wrote numerous songs, including:

• "Baby Your Mother"
• "For You"
• "Yearning"
• "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight
  Oh, How I Miss You Tonight
  "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" is a popular song, published in 1925, written by Benny Davis, Joe Burke, and Mark Fisher.The song is considered a pop standard, and has been recorded by many people, among them Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Glenda Collins, and a Jim Reeves/Deborah Allen duet....
  
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• "A Little Bit Independent"
• "In a Little Gypsy Tearoom"
• "It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane"
• "In the Valley of the Moon"
• "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine"
• "At a Perfume Counter"
• "Rambling Rose
  Rambling Rose (1948 song)
  "Rambling Rose" is a popular song.The music was written by Joe Burke, the lyrics by Joe McCarthy, Jr.. The song was published in 1947. A cover of the song was recorded by The Beatles in 1962. The popularity of this particular track grew immensely from the exposure of the popular 1960's rock band...
  
  " (1947)
• "By the River of the Roses"
• "The Kiss Waltz"
• "She Was Just a Sailor’s Sweetheart"
• "Robins and Roses"
• "Cling To Me"
• "Midnight Blue"
• "We Must be Vigilant"
• "Villanova
  Villanova University
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   Alma Mater"
• "Getting Some Fun Out of Love"
• "There's a Little Picture Playhouse in My Heart"
• "No Wonder (That I Love You)"

Some of the artists who have recorded his songs include: Dean Martin, Kate Smith, Perry Como (Carolina Moon), Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Ray Charles (Moon over Miami), Fats Waller (A Little Bit Independent), Rudy Vallee (Dancing With Tears in My Eyes), Doris Day, Frank Sinatra (Oh, How I Miss You Tonight), Ricky Nelson (For You), Twiggy (I'm Painting the Clouds With Sunshine), Chet Atkins, Eydie Gorme, Nick Lucas and, of course, Tiny Tim (Tip Toe Through the Tulips). He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

Songwriters Hall of Fame

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in 1970.