Harold Adamson

Harold Campbell Adamson (December 10, 1906 – August 17, 1980)<ref name="LarkinGE">Larkin, pp. 41-42</ref> was an American lyricist during the 1930s and 1940s.

Early life

Adamson, the son of building contractor Harold Adamson and Marion "Minnie" Campbell Adamson, was born and raised in Greenville, New Jersey, United States.<ref name=Jasen>Jasen, p. 2</ref>

Adamson suffered from polio as a child which limited the use of his right hand. Initially, Adamson was interested in acting, but he began writing songs and poetry as a teenager.<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

He went on to study acting at the University of Kansas and Harvard.<ref name="Jasen"/>

Career

Adamson was the lyricist for the Broadway musicals Smiles (1930),<ref>Suskin, p. 83</ref> The Earl Carroll Vanities of 1931,<ref>Green & Ginell, p. 76</ref> Singin' the Blues (1931), Banjo Eyes (1941),<ref>Mordden, p. 26</ref> and As the Girls Go (1948).<ref>Green & Ginell, p. 1948</ref>

He entered into a songwriting contract with MGM in 1933. During his stint with MGM, he was nominated for five Academy Awards.

In 1941 he collaborated with Pierce Norman and baseball's Joe DiMaggio to write "In the Beauty of Tahoe", published by Larry Spier, Inc.<ref>"Joe DiMaggio Auction, Lot Number: 911" Hunt Auctions June 14, 2017</ref> In 1953 he added lyrics to Eliot Daniel's theme for the sitcom I Love Lucy.

He retired from songwriting in the early 1960s,<ref name="Jasen"/> and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.

Songs or lyrics by Harold Adamson

• "An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair)"
• "Around the World"
• "Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer"
• "Daybreak"
• "Everything I Have Is Yours" (with Burton Lane)
• "Eighty Miles Outside of Atlanta". From the 1944 film Something for the Boys starring Carmen Miranda, Michael O'Shea, and Vivian Blaine
• "Ferry-Boat Serenade" (with E. Di Lazzaro)
• "How Blue the Night" (music by Jimmy McHugh, recorded by Dick Haymes March 5, 1944)
• "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" nominated for an Oscar for Best Song, also featured in the 1943 film Higher and Higher, sung by Frank Sinatra
• "I Love Lucy (And She Loves Me)"
• "I Wish I Were a Fish", from the 1964 film The Incredible Mr. Limpet, sung by Don Knotts
• "It's a Wonderful World"
• "It's a Most Unusual Day"
• "I've Come to California", theme song for the NBC television series The Californians
• "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" from the 1943 film Higher and Higher, sung by Frank Sinatra
• "Manhattan Serenade"
• "My Resistance Is Low"
• "The Little Man Who Wasn't There"
• "There's Something in the Air"
• "Time on My Hands" (with Mack Gordon and Vincent Youmans)
• "We're Having a Baby (My Baby and Me)" 1941. Music by Vernon Duke. Sung by Desi Arnaz
• "When Love Goes Wrong" with Howard Hoagland Carmichael for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
• "Where Are You?". Music by Jimmy McHugh
• "Winter Moon" . Music by Hoagy Carmichael
• "You're a Sweetheart" (1937) Music by Jimmy McHugh<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

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• Additional information on Harold Adamson
• Bio on Music Theater International site
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• - Bruce Adamson on website has free video