James Brockman
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James Brockman (December 8, 1886 - May 22, 1967) was an American songwriter. Born in New York City, he was a partner, along with James Kendis, of the Kendis-Brockman Music Company.
Brockman began his career as a comedian in vaudeville and musicals in the early 1900s. In 1919, he was a co-writer of the song "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles", which years later would become the club anthem of English football (soccer) club West Ham United.
He went on to work in Hollywood as a songwriter for films, and wrote the score for Happy Days in 1930. He died in Santa Monica, California in May 1967, aged 80, and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
[edit] External links
- James Brockman at the Internet Movie Database
- James Brockman at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Virtual Museum
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James Brockman was born in Russia and immigrated to New York by himself at the age of 9 or 10.
His given name was Jacob Brachman. He changed the spelling of the last name because it was mis-pronounced and the rest of the family followed with the change.
