Ballard MacDonald (October 15, 1882 – November 17, 1935) was a Tin Pan Alley lyricist. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City -centered music publishers and Songwriters who dominated the popular
Born in Portland, Oregon, among his credits are:
Beautiful Ohio, Rose of Washington Square, Second Hand Rose, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, Back Home Again in Indiana, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Play That Barbershop Chord, Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!, Somebody Loves Me, Bend Down, Sister, Down in Bom Bombay and On the Mississippi. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
He was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers ( ASCAP) is a non-profit Performance rights organization that protects its