“GIVE MY REGARDS TO BOARDWAY”

  • “Give My Regards to Broadway” was written by George M. Cohan and was composed for his 1904 musical called “Little Johnny Jones”.  Also in this musical was a song titled “Yankee Doodle Boy” which is more commonly called “Yankee Doodle Dandy”.  
  • “Yankee Doodle Dandy”  is actually the first few lines of the lyrics but is also  the title of the 1942 film about the life of George M. Cohan one of America’s most famous and patriotic composers and entertainers. 
  • He was born in Providence, Rhode Island on July 3rd, 1878 but claimed he was “Born on the Fourth of July” and coming from a family of entertainers they couldn’t resist the publicity value so they changed his birthday ever so slightly. 
  • So patriotic and inspiring were many songs of George M. Cohan that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt presented him with the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor (not to be confused with the military’s Medal of Honor) for his contributions to national morale during World War I.  He is the only American composer to receive such an honor.

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