Walter Donaldson

During the Roaring '20s, songwriter Walter Donaldson saluted the traditional, down-home aspects of American life, not only with songs like "My Mammy," "My Blue Heaven," "Isn't She the Sweetest Thing," "My Baby Just Cares for Me," and "Love Me or Leave Me," but also with his parade of state-themed (usually Southern) songs: "Back Home in Tennessee," "Blue Kentucky Moon," "Carolina in the Morning," "Georgia," "Lazy Lou'siana Moon," "Let It Rain, Let It Pour (I'll Be in Virginia in the Morning)," "My Ohio Home," "Nevada," and "Sweet Indiana Home." Born decidedly removed from Dixie...