Draft:William Lawrence Hanson

William Lawrence Hanson is a composer. He was the composer/co-composer of the waltz Dreaming of My Indiana Sweetheart.

He had composed two versions of the song:

  • One with actress/dancer Barbara Bennett as co-composer, consisting of words and melody.
  • One that he had composed himself for ukulele.

Both songs were copyrighted in 1931 and published by Phil Kornheiser Inc. of New York.[1][2] They were two U.S. copyrights which are the following:[3]

The Two Copyrights for Dreaming of my Indiana Sweetheart
Date of Copyright Authors Arrangement
February 9, 1931 Barbara Bennett and Bill Hansen Words and melody
February 24, 1931 Bill Hansen Ukulele

Performances

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Musical Artists in 1931 Releases
Performer Arrangement
Rudy Vallée[4] Jack Mason[5]
Morton Downey[6]

I STILL REMEMBER YOU; w & m Margaret Smith, LaRue Dickson

References

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  1. ^ Dreaming of My Indiana Sweetheart#:~:text="(Dreaming of my) Indiana sweetheart | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org.
  2. ^ Congress, The Library of. "Kornheiser, Phil, 1885-1972 - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  3. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series. Part 3: Musical Compositions 1931: Vol 26 No 1-12 : Library of Congress. Copyright Office. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Page 168
  4. ^ "ArchivEra: Portal". 7060.sydneyplus.com. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  5. ^ "ArchivEra: Portal". 7060.sydneyplus.com. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  6. ^ https://www.tjmusic.net/product/7792/Dreaming-of-My-Indiana-Sweetheart