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Monte Carlo

1883-1967
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Danish-born Broadway composer and author. Monte Carlo was born in Skamlingsbanke, Gravenstein, Denmark, on 14 July 1883. He came to the U.S. in 1906 and was naturalized a US citizen in 1914. He received pre-medical training in Chicago, with songwriting as chief avocation. He started writing music with Alma M. Saunders ("Alma Sanders"), who became his wife. They collaborated on a number of shows and a large number of songs. During the 1920s he wrote with Alma M. Saunders the Broadway productions Tangerine; Elsie; The Chiffon Girl; Princess April; Bye Bye Barbara; Oh, Oh Nurse; Houseboat on the Styx. Songs with music or lyrics by Monte Carlo: "Little Town in the old County Down" "Dinny Danny; The Irish Yacki Hula" "That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone" "Every Tear Is a Smile in an Irishman's Heart" "By the waters of Killarney" "Just a bit of Irish lace" "Two Blue Eyes, One Little Green Isle" "My Home in the County Mayo" "The Hills of Connemara" "The Old Wooden Bridge in Athlone" Several songs became very popular after being recorded by John McCormack (2) in the early 1920s.

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