Harold Weeks | |
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Also known as | H. Taylor Weeks |
Born | March 28, 1893 Eagle Grove, Iowa [1] |
Died | January 7, 1967 | (aged 73)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Composer, songwriter, lyricist |
Harold Taylor Weeks (March 28, 1893 – January 7, 1967) [1] was an American jazz musician and composer from Seattle, Washington.
Weeks was born in Iowa, [2] but is usually associated with Seattle, Washington where he grew up and attended Queen Anne High School, where he became a nationally recognized ragtime composer by his junior year performing under the name H. Taylor Weeks. [1] [3] He then attended the University of Washington. [1]
He is best known for his 1918 song "Hindustan", written with Oliver Wallace, which sold over one million copies and was widely played by dance orchestras and is today considered a jazz standard. [4] [3] The most notable version of the song was performed by the Joseph C. Smith orchestra. [5] Other notable compositions included "Seattle Town", "No Fair Falling in Love", "My Honolulu Bride", [6] "Ada" (with Victor Aloysius Meyers and Danny Cann), and "Isle of Dreams" (with Meyers and Wallace). [7] He composed more than forty popular songs and was considered one of Seattle's most prolific composers. [1]
Weeks was a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and the National Temperance League. [6] He was a Christian and was actively involved with the Christian Science movement, including serving as a trustee for his church: Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle. [3] The church building later became Town Hall Seattle. [6]
Weeks died in 1967. His correspondence, writings, sheet music, scrapbook, and phonograph records can be found at the University of Washington’s Special Collections library. [6] [8]
Media related to Harold Weeks at Wikimedia Commons
Harold Weeks | |
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Also known as | H. Taylor Weeks |
Born | March 28, 1893 Eagle Grove, Iowa [1] |
Died | January 7, 1967 | (aged 73)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Composer, songwriter, lyricist |
Harold Taylor Weeks (March 28, 1893 – January 7, 1967) [1] was an American jazz musician and composer from Seattle, Washington.
Weeks was born in Iowa, [2] but is usually associated with Seattle, Washington where he grew up and attended Queen Anne High School, where he became a nationally recognized ragtime composer by his junior year performing under the name H. Taylor Weeks. [1] [3] He then attended the University of Washington. [1]
He is best known for his 1918 song "Hindustan", written with Oliver Wallace, which sold over one million copies and was widely played by dance orchestras and is today considered a jazz standard. [4] [3] The most notable version of the song was performed by the Joseph C. Smith orchestra. [5] Other notable compositions included "Seattle Town", "No Fair Falling in Love", "My Honolulu Bride", [6] "Ada" (with Victor Aloysius Meyers and Danny Cann), and "Isle of Dreams" (with Meyers and Wallace). [7] He composed more than forty popular songs and was considered one of Seattle's most prolific composers. [1]
Weeks was a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and the National Temperance League. [6] He was a Christian and was actively involved with the Christian Science movement, including serving as a trustee for his church: Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle. [3] The church building later became Town Hall Seattle. [6]
Weeks died in 1967. His correspondence, writings, sheet music, scrapbook, and phonograph records can be found at the University of Washington’s Special Collections library. [6] [8]
Media related to Harold Weeks at Wikimedia Commons