Clay Boland was a dentist and composer of popular songs. He was born October 25, 1903, in Olyphant, Pennsylvania, United States.[1]

He studied dentistry at the University of Philadelphia. In 1924, he won a university competition for a prom song with a composition entitled Dreary Weather.[2] He then composed music for the university's Mask and Wig Club, collaborating especially with lyricist Moe Jaffe in writing the songs for many of their shows. He also performed as a pianist with leading big bands of the era and was noted for his skills as an arranger. He subsequently practised as a dentist in Ardmore, Pennsylvania but continued to compose and participate as a partner in the music publishing business.[3]

During World War II, he served as a lieutenant commander in the US Navy's Dental Corps, and was called up again for active duty in 1950 at the time of the Korean War.[4]

In later life, he lived in Elizabeth, New Jersey and died on July 23, 1963, aged 59, in the Naval Hospital of St. Albans, Queens.[5]

Compositions

Shows

  • This Mad Whirl[6]

References

  1. ↑ IMDB
  2. ↑ "Dr. Clay Boland", Time, vol. 47, p. 423, 1946
  3. ↑ Henry F. Unger (1948), "Hit-Parade Dentist", Tic Magazine
  4. ↑ "Music—As Written", Billboard, vol. 62, no. 43, p. 20, October 28, 1950
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Dr. Clay Boland 59, a writer of songs", The New York Times, July 25, 1963
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Warren W. Vaché (2000), The Unsung Songwriters, Scarecrow Press, pp. 33–35, ISBN 9780810835702
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