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Ballard MacDonald

Tin Skillet Alley lyricist Ballard MacDonald was created Oct 15, 1882, in Portland, OR, and later on moved to NY to get a songwriting profession. Doing work for the J. Fred Helf posting company, MacDonald published lyrics for any song known as “Play That Barber-Shop Chord” in 1910, which became …

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