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How The Time Can Fly (Whenever I'm With You)
Words and music by Walter Donaldson
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, vocal refrain by Carmen Lombardo
Recorded June 4, 1931
Columbia 2475-D
About the Songwriter
Walter Donaldson (1893-1947) was born in Brooklyn, New York, began a career with a brokerage firm but found that being a pianist with a music publisher more to his liking. During World War I he entertained the troops for 19 months at Camp Upton NY and later worked for Irving Berlin's publishing company. By 1928 he had formed his own publishing company, Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble. In the 1930s, he moved to Hollywood as a composer-arranger for movies. During his career he composed many top hits including "My Buddy", "My Blue Heaven", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby", "At Sundown", "Carolina in the Morning", "Love Me or Leave Me", "Makin' Whoopee", "Little White Lies", and "You're Driving Me Crazy". Some of his collaborators included lyricists Gus Kahn, Sam M Lewis, Joe Young, Edgar Leslie and Johnny Mercer.
How The Time Can Fly (Whenever I'm With You)
Words and music by Walter Donaldson
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, vocal refrain by Carmen Lombardo
Recorded June 4, 1931
Columbia 2475-D
About the Songwriter
Walter Donaldson (1893-1947) was born in Brooklyn, New York, began a career with a brokerage firm but found that being a pianist with a music publisher more to his liking. During World War I he entertained the troops for 19 months at Camp Upton NY and later worked for Irving Berlin's publishing company. By 1928 he had formed his own publishing company, Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble. In the 1930s, he moved to Hollywood as a composer-arranger for movies. During his career he composed many top hits including "My Buddy", "My Blue Heaven", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby", "At Sundown", "Carolina in the Morning", "Love Me or Leave Me", "Makin' Whoopee", "Little White Lies", and "You're Driving Me Crazy". Some of his collaborators included lyricists Gus Kahn, Sam M Lewis, Joe Young, Edgar Leslie and Johnny Mercer.
