E. Ray Goetz

b. 12 June 1886, Buffalo, NY, USA, d. 12 June 1954 Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. Also billed as Ray Goetz, he was energetic being a songwriter on Broadway in the 10s so that as a manufacturer in the 20s. A few of his tracks were contained in Ziegfeld Follies Of 1907, The Homosexual White Method and Two Islands (all 1907), The Prince Of Bohemia and A Matinee Idol (both 1910), The Hen-Pecks as well as the Under no circumstances Homes (both 1911), Hokey-Pokey/Bunty, Bulls And Strings and Hanky Panky (all 1912). Furthermore to lyrics, Goetz also had written the music and occasionally the libretto for displays such as for example Roly Poly/Without REGULATIONS and SUNLIGHT Dodgers (both 1912), All Aboard as well as the Pleasure Seekers (both 1913), Hands Up (1915), Stage IN THIS MANNER (1916), Hitchy-Koo and Phrases And Music (both 1917), both which he also created as he do Follow THE LADY (1918), As You Had been (1920, which starred Irene Bordoni to whom he was wedded for a while), as well as the French Doll (1922). He added lyrics to tracks for George Light’s Scandals of 1922 and 1923. He created Small Miss Bluebeard (1924), Naughty Cinderella and Mozart (both 1926), Paris (1928), also composing the music, THE GIRL FROM THE Orchids (1928, also libretto), Fifty Mil Frenchmen (1929, that was Cole Porter’s initial big hit present), and THE BRAND NEW Yorkers (1930), the last mentioned based upon a tale of his. Among his many tracks were ‘Perform I REALLY LIKE You?’ (with Henri Christiné), ‘Yaka Hula Hickey Dula’ (Joe Youthful -Pete Wendling), and most widely known of most, ‘For Me personally And My Gal’ (Edgar Leslie -George W. Mayer). Found in many shows and movies, this tune also supplied the name for the 1942 film FOR ME PERSONALLY And My Gal (UK name: FOR ME PERSONALLY And My Young lady), wherein it had been sung by Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.