Lawrence Riley
Lawrence Riley( 1896–1974) was a successful American playwright and screenwriter.
He gained fame in 1934 as the author of the Broadway hit" Personal Appearance", which was turned by Mae West into the film" Go West, Young Man"( 1936).
Go West Young Man (Groucho Marx song)
Go West Young Man was a 1940 song by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby written for the MGM film "Go West", originally sung by Groucho Marx, backed by a chorus, who performed solo for the first time in the song.
Unfortunately the song was cut from the film.
The song was eventually used in the 1947 United Artists film "Copacabana" when it was sung again by Groucho.
He and Bing Crosby dueted on the song on Crosby's Philco Radio Time show on February 12, 1947.
The song was recorded by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters on March 26, 1947 and was the lead track for Bing Crosby's album "
Go West Young Man".
The B-side of the single was "Along the Navajo Trail" by Larry Markes, Dick Charles, and Eddie DeLange.
Walter Robinson (composer)
Walter Robinson is an African American composer of the late 20th century.
He is most notable for his 1977 song" Harriet Tubman", which has been recorded by folk musicians such as Holly Near, John McCutcheon, and others.
He is also the composer of several operas.
Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
Go West (Crazy Spinning Circles)
" Go West( Crazy Spinning Circles)" is a single by the English rock band
The Cult and was released on 10 August 1984.
Often truncated as just" Go West", it is the second single from the" Dreamtime" album.
Harry Ruby
Harry Rubenstein, known professionally as Harry Ruby (January 27, 1895 – February 23, 1974) was an American composer and screenwriter, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
He was married to silent film actress Eileen Percy.
Peter Cox (musician)
Peter John Cox( born 17 November 1955) is an English singer- songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the British pop duo Go West.
Alexander Courage
Alexander Mair" Sandy" Courage Jr.( December 10, 1919
May 15, 2008) was an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primarily for television and film.
He is best known as the composer of the theme music for the original" Star Trek" series.
Leo Shuken
Leo Shuken( born December 8, 1906, Los Angeles, California- d. July 24, 1976, Santa Monica, California) was an American film music composer, arranger and musical director.
Shuken composed for the music industry from the end of the 1930s until shortly before his death, contributing music to over 100 films( many of which were uncredited).
His first, uncredited, score was for" Go West, Young Man" in 1937.
He won an Academy Award for his work on the 1939 film" Stagecoach", and was nominated in 1964 for the Academy Award for Best Original Score for" The Unsinkable Molly Brown".
He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Deep in the Motherlode
" Deep in the Motherlode", also titled" Go West Young Man( In the Motherlode)", is a song performed and recorded by Genesis, with lyrics and music by Mike Rutherford.
It was released as the sixth track on the group's 1978 album" ... And Then There Were Three ..." under the title" Deep in the Motherlode".
The song tells a fictional story of a man's travels during the Nevada gold rush and his family's urging for him to get as much gold as he can.
A mother lode is a rich vein of valuable metal in a mine.
The lyric" Go West, young man" is a reference to a famous phrase by Horace Greeley, who, in a 13 July 1865 editorial, advised:" Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country."
The song was performed live by Genesis on their 1978 tour and was used as a frequent opening number on their 1980 tour, but the song was not performed live thereafter.
In Japan and North America it was released as a single, but re-titled as" Go West Young Man( In the Motherlode)".

Question: What nationality is the composer of song Go West Young Man (Groucho Marx Song)?
Answer: American