Ed Rose (lyricist)

Ed Rose (né Edward Smackels, Jr.; 24 November 1875 Chicago — 29 April 1935 Evanston, Illinois), was an American lyricist who wrote the words to Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! composed in 1917 by Abe Olman.[1]

Rose & Snyder Co. Incorporated

In 1906, George M. Krey (a music publisher from Boston), Ted Snyder, and Ed Rose formed the music publishing company, Rose & Snyder Co., located in Tin Pan Alley.[2] In May 1908, the firm was incorporated in the state of New York. The directors were Edward Smackels, George M. Krey, and Maurice H. Rosenzweig, an entertainment lawyer. That same month (May 1908), Ed Snyder severed his affiliation with Ed Rose and Ted Snyder.[3] And, in June 1909, Ted Snyder severed his connection with the firm to form his own music publishing company, the Ted Snyder Company, which evolved into Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, Inc., in 1918. In 1909, composer Thomas Lemonier (1870–1945) joined the staff of Rose & Snyder.[4]

Selected works

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Ted Snyder Company

Rose & Snyder Co. Incorporated, New York

F.A. Mills, 48 West 29 Street, New York City

La Salle Music Publishers, Inc., Chicago

McCarthy & Fisher, Inc.

Sheet music cover for Good Gracious Annabelle

Forster Music Publisher, Inc.

Version with patriotic lyrics by Raymond A. Sherwood (1917) OCLC 741366211

Milton Weil Music Co., Chicago

Joe Davis, Inc., New York (Joseph Morton Davis; 1896–1978)

Family

Ed's Brother, Eugene Smackels (1870–1939), was a singer, vaudevillian actor, and alumnus of Northwestern University.

References

  1. ASCAP Biographical Dictionary — Listed under "Ed Rose"
    1st Edition, 1948, pg. 312
    2nd Edition, 1952, pg. 421
    3rd Edition, 1966, pg. 621
    4th Edition, 1980, pg. 429
  2. That American Rag: The Story of Ragtime from Coast to Coast, by David A. Jasen & Gene Jones, Schirmer Books (2000) OCLC 41311379
  3. Rose & Snyder Co. Incorporated, The Music Trade Review, Vol. 46, No. 22, May 30, 1908, pg. 48
  4. Advertisement: Rose & Snyder Music Publishing Co., The New York Age, February 4, 1909