Art Gillham
Singer, Musical Artist
1895 – 1961
Who was Art Gillham?
Art Gillham, was an American songwriter, who was among the first crooners as a pioneer radio artist and a recording artist for Columbia Records.
With Billy Smythe and Scott Middleton he wrote "Hesitation Blues", which he also recorded as one of the first electrical recordings for Columbia Records. The song is heard in the following movies The Public Enemy, Of Human Bondage and Fireman Save My Child. Gillham and Smythe wrote approximately 100 songs together, including "Mean Blues," "Just Forget," "The Deacon Told Me I Was Good," "Just Waiting for You," "Crying Again," "Things That Remind Me of You" and the first successful electrical recording, "You May Be Lonesome". With J. Russell Robinson he wrote "In My Sweetheart's Arms".
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- Born
- Jan 1, 1895
St. Louis - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 6, 1961
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on July 23, 2013
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