Nat Ayer
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Nathaniel Davis Ayer was a British
-U.S.
composer of popular music, including the hits Oh, You Beautiful Doll
(1911) and If You Were the Only Girl (In the World)
(1916). He was the father of actor Harold Ayer (1916–2003), who lived in California, and Nat Ayer Jr. (d. 2004), who lived in Pimlico, London, having sailed to the UK with his father in 1914.
Ayer composed several hit musical comedies and revue
s, including Yes, Uncle!
, The Bing Boys are Here
, The Bing Boys on Broadway, and Baby Bunting. He contributed songs to others, like Phi-Phi
(1922).
United Kingdom
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-U.S.
United States
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composer of popular music, including the hits Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
"Oh, You Beautiful Doll" is a ragtime love song published in 1911 with words by Seymour Brown and music by Nat D. Ayer. The song was one of the first with a twelve-bar opening. It is well-known by its chorus:*...
(1911) and If You Were the Only Girl (In the World)
If You Were the Only Girl (in the World)
"If You Were the Only Girl " is a popular song written by Nat D. Ayer with lyrics by Clifford Grey. The song was published in 1916. It was republished in 1946...
(1916). He was the father of actor Harold Ayer (1916–2003), who lived in California, and Nat Ayer Jr. (d. 2004), who lived in Pimlico, London, having sailed to the UK with his father in 1914.
Ayer composed several hit musical comedies and revue
Revue
A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932...
s, including Yes, Uncle!
Yes, Uncle!
Yes, Uncle! is a musical comedy by Austen Hurgen and George Arthurs, with music by Nat D. Ayer and lyrics by Clifford Grey...
, The Bing Boys are Here
The Bing Boys Are Here
The Bing Boys Are Here, styled "A Picture of London Life, in a Prologue and Six Panels," is the first of a series of revues which played at the Alhambra Theatre, London during the last two years of World War I. The series included The Bing Boys on Broadway and The Bing Boys are There. The music...
, The Bing Boys on Broadway, and Baby Bunting. He contributed songs to others, like Phi-Phi
Phi-Phi
Phi-Phi is an opérette légère in three acts with music by Henri Christiné and a French libretto by Albert Willemetz and Fabien Solar. The piece was one which founded the new style of French comédie musicale, the first to really use the latest rhythms of jazz along with a plot which emphasised...
(1922).