Raymond Hubbell

b. 1 June 1879, Urbana, Ohio, USA, d. 13 December 1954, Miami, Florida, USA. Hubbell studied music in Chicago, Illinois, where he also led a dance band. He worked as a pianist and arranger with music publisher Charles K. Harris and was active as a songwriter. Early successes included ‘If I Were A Bright Little Star' and ‘A Kiss For Each Day Of The Week', with lyrics by Addison Burkhardt, for Chow Chow (1902), later staged in New York as The Runaways. Hubbell's composing work continued, most often in New York, with shows such as Fantana (1905, which included ‘That's Art' and ‘M...