Oh How I Wish I could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Back Home
Oh How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home is a 1918 song written during World War I.
It was performed by Henry Burr, with the music composed by Pete Wendling and the lyrics written by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Waterson.
Based on sales estimates, the song hit a peak position of number three on the Top 100 US songs of its time.
The song was published by Water, Trash bin & Sniper Co. and was arranged for voice and piano.
The lyrics are in the perspective of a young child who longs for his father to come home from the war.
The sheet music cover features an illustration by Albert Wilfred Barbelle, which depicts a baby in bed.
The score was reprinted due to its popularity.
Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897)
William Thomas Smith( born 9 April 1897, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer.
Herb McQuay
Herb McQuay( died June 29, 2005) was a popular jazz and soul singer from New York who lived and worked in New Zealand during the late 1970s to the mid 1980s.
He is remembered for his cover of the Edwin Starr song," Oh How Happy", which was a minor hit for him.
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.
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Pete Wendling
Pete Wendling (June 6, 1888 – April 7, 1974) was an American composer and pianist, born in New York City to German immigrants.
He started his working life as a carpenter, but gained fame during the mid 1910s as a popular music composer - producing such hits as "Yaaka Hula Hickey DulaTake Me To The Land Of JazzTake Your Girlie To The MoviesFelix
The Cat", and
"Oh What
A Pal Is Mary".
More however, Wendling was also one of the top pianists of his era, and set a long-standing record when he appeared at the London Hippodrome for 8 consecutive weeks.
He joined the Rhythmodik Music Roll Company in 1914, and started to record his performances on paper rolls for player pianos.
In 1916 he recorded for American Piano Company (Ampico).
In 1918, he joined the largest piano roll company, QRS, and rapidly became one of their most popular artists -
his distinctive yet always fresh performances constantly topping their best-selling lists and are still in production as of 2003 - over 80 years since they were produced.
In 1925 QRS, who were tightening their belt due to declining sales, released Wendling, and he concentrated on his composing career until his retirement in the 1950s.
Married to Anna, he had no children.
He died in New York City in April 1974.
Ike Zimmerman
Isaiah" Ike" Zimmerman( April 27, 1907 – August 3, 1967) was an African- American blues guitarist, who is now known to have been musician Robert Johnson's main guitar teacher.
Zimmerman( sometimes spelled Zinnerman) was born in Grady, Arkansas.
He married Ruth Sellers in the late 1920s, and lived with her and their children near Beauregard, Mississippi.
He played guitar and harmonica in local juke joints, often practising at night in local cemeteries where he would not disturb others.
He became known for his guitar skills, and gave guitar lessons.
Robert Johnson, who had been born in nearby Hazlehurst, came back to the area, probably around 1931, and sought out Zimmerman with the intention of improving his fingerpicking and bottleneck guitar skills.
According to one of Zimmerman's daughters, interviewed by blues researcher Bruce Conforth:
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Living with Zimmerman's family for about a year, Johnson became known by his initials," R.L.".
After practising together while sitting on tombstones in Beauregard Cemetery – though to be a contributory factor to the legend of Johnson" selling his soul to the Devil" in order to play well – the pair toured local lumber camps and juke joints before Johnson began performing on his own.
When he returned to his home in Clarksdale, Johnson impressed locals with how much his performing skills had improved during his time away, and, in 1936 and 1937, recorded the songs that eventually secured his status as one of the most important and influential blues performers.
Members of Zimmerman's family have claimed that some of Johnson's songs, including" Ramblin' on My Mind", were in fact written by Zimmerman before Johnson stayed with the household, and others including" Dust My Broom" and" Come On In My Kitchen" were written by Johnson and Zimmerman together.
Zimmerman himself never made any recordings, though he performed widely in Mississippi.
He gave up playing blues music, probably in the 1950s, and became a Pentecostal minister.
He moved to California around 1960, and died in Compton, Los Angeles, from a heart attack in 1967, aged 60.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
I Wish I Could Fall in Love Today
" I Wish I Could I Fall in Love Today" is a song written by Harlan Howard and recorded by American country music artist Ray Price.
It was released in 1960 as a single only.
The song reached# 5 on the" Billboard" Hot Country Singles& Tracks chart.

Question: What is the date of death of the composer of song Oh How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Back Home?
Answer: April 7, 1974