Dave Franklin


Dave Franklin was an accomplished American songwriter and pianist. A member of Tin Pan Alley, Franklin co-wrote "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", which was adopted as the theme song to the Looney Tunes cartoon series. His primary collaborator was lyricist Cliff Friend. His other collaborators included Al Dubin, Isham Jones, Irving Taylor. Franklin worked in vaudeville and night clubs in the U.S. and Europe. According to The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900–1950, by Roger Kinkle, he left school at 13 to work as a pianist in a publishing house. Some of his songs were recorded by Glen Gray, Isham Jones, Guy Lombardo and Frankie Trumbauer.

Shows and films

  • Paramount on Parade
  • That's Right—You're Wrong

    Songs

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  • Cincinnati Rag
  • If I Had a Magic Carpet
  • Rhythm of the Tambourine

    1930

  • I'm Isidore the Toreador

    1934

  • Blue Lament
  • I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just Dreaming
  • It's Funny to Everyone But Me

    1935

  • Give a Broken Heart a Break
  • I Woke Up Too Soon

    1936

  • Breakin' in a New Pair of Shoes
  • I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music
  • When My Dreamboat Comes Home

    1937

  • Everything You Said Came True
  • Never Should Have Told You
  • The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down
  • Two Dreams Got Together
  • You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming

    1938

  • I Come From a Musical Family
  • I Must See Annie Tonight
  • There's a Brand New Picture in My Picture Frame
  • Who Do You Think I Saw Last Night?

    1939

  • Happy Birthday to Love
  • I'm Building a Sailboat of Dreams
  • The Concert in the Park
  • You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer

    1941

  • El vals del aniversario

    1942

  • The Penny Arcade

    1943

  • It's Like Old Times

    1944

  • By The Old Corral

    1945

  • Lily Belle

    1946

  • One-zy Two-zy

    1947

  • Dreamer's Holiday
  • Lone Star Moon

    1949

  • California Orange Blossom
  • The Golden Sands of Hawaii

    1950

  • A Good Time Was Had By All
  • A Man Wrote a Song
  • You Are My Love

    1954

  • Still You'd Break My Heart

    1958

  • The Voice in My Heart

    Audio recordings of songs

1956- John Serry Sr. recorded When My Dreamboat Comes Home for Dot Records
1956 Fats Domino recorded When My Dreamboat Comes Home for Imperial Records
1965 Fats Domino re-recorded When My Dreamboat Comes Home for ABC-Paramount Records