William Lawrence Hanson

William Lawrence Hanson, was a composer of a variety of songs and was the composer/co-composer of the waltz "Dreaming of My Indiana Sweetheart". The song was performed in 1931 by Rudy Vallée and Morton Downey.
He had composed two versions of the song:

One with actress/dancer Barbara Bennett as co-composer, consisting of words and melody;
One that he had composed himself for ukulele.

Both songs were copyrighted in 1931 and published by Phil Kornheiser Inc. of New York.
They were two U.S. copyrights which are the following:

Date of copyright	Authors	Arrangement
February 9, 1931	Barbara Bennett and Bill Hansen	Words and melody
February 24, 1931	Bill Hansen	Ukulele

Performances for "Dreaming of My Indiana Sweetheart"

Career

After composing "Dreaming of My Indiana Sweetheart", Hansen had also composed a variety of songs under his name and under his pseudonym of Dale Wood. As Dale Wood, had a written a variety of songs with several notable composers and lyricists. Examples include Clay Boland, jazz musician Jack Lathrop, Murray Grand, and Michael Grace. As William Lawrence Hansen, his music experience was in the compilation and editing of music and text for song books and teleplays in the film and television industry for publication to the public. One such book was the 1951 release of the song book for the music for the 1942 film Bambi, and related entertainment industry song books. An exception was of having produced the University of Pennsylvania Songbook as Bill Hansen.

Entertainment industry intellectual properties

The Catalogue of the U.S. Copyright Records lists Hansen in the category of film scores for the Walt Disney Animation Studios film Bambi. However, this is for the editing of the 1951 song book for music from the film. In that same year, he and Henry M. Katzberg did the compilation and editing for the BMI Television Sketchbook. BMI is the acronym for Broadcast Music, Incorporated, a U.S. performance rights organization. In the following year, he had compiled the music for Al Jolson's Old-Time Minstrel Show. Al Jolson was a well-known singer, actor, and vaudevillian.

Discography

Title	Year	Music	Lyrics
Song of the East	1947	Dale Wood & Michael Grace	Clay Boland
The Bride Wore Blue	1948	Leonard Whitcup Sy Lefco Dale Wood	Leonard Whitcup Sy Lefco Dale Wood
Pourquoi	1947	Michael Grace Carl Tucker Dale Wood	Michael Grace Carl Tucker Dale Wood
Chic Charro	1947	Elisse Boyd Murray Grand Dale Wood	Elisse Boyd Murray Grand Dale Wood
If Love Can Happen	1947	Dale Wood & Michael Grace	Clay Boland
I've Heard You Say Those Words Before	1947	Franklin Wade Clay Boland Dale Wood	Franklin Wade Clay Boland Dale Wood
Smile	1948	Jack Lathrop & Dale Wood	Jack Lathrop & Dale Wood
I Wouldn't Be Surprised	1948	Jack Lathrop & Dale Wood	Jack Lathrop & Dale Wood