Michael Cleary

Composer, songwriter ("Is There Anything Wrong in That?"), journalist and organist, educated at the US Military Academy. He wrote shows at West Point and was an organist in the Catholic Chapel. He left the Army in 1926 to become a newspaper reporter in Boston. He wrote the Broadway stage scores and songs for revues including "Earl Carroll's Vanities" (1931), "Shoot the Works", "and "Third Little Show". He wrote special material for night clubs, Kate Parson's "Show Boat Revue", and songs for films. During World War II he re-entered the Army as a Captain, and retired as a Major. Joining ASCAP in 1929, his chief musical collaborators included Nat Lief, Max Lief, Herbert Magidson, Maurice Sigler, Arthur Swanstrom, and Ned Washington. His other popular-song compositions include ""Singin' in the Bathtub", "H'lo, Baby", "Here It Is Monday, and I've Still Got a Dollar", "Deep in the Blue", "When a Lady Meets a Gentleman Down South", "It's in the Stars", "My Impression of You", and "Ten O'Clock Town".