Jean Schwartz

Songwriter

Birthday November 4, 1878

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Hungary

DEATH DATE Nov 30, 1956 (78)

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About

Best known for writing countless songs for Broadway shows, often with William Jerome.

Before Fame

He used to sell sheet music in department stores. He also worked as a song-plugger and staff pianist for Tin Pan Alley's Shapiro-Bernstein Publishing House.

Trivia

He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

Family Life

He married Sally Long and spent his teen years in New York City.

Associated With

He wrote songs for Broadway shows just like Harold Rome.