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Dave Franklin

Dave Franklin is credited on 1,073 releases across 388 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,073

Pressings credited

388

Albums

8

Decades active

87

In collections

Biography

Dave Franklin (September 28, 1895 – February 2, 1970) was an accomplished American songwriter and pianist. A member of Tin Pan Alley, Franklin co-wrote "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", which was adopted as the theme song to the Looney Tunes cartoon series. His primary collaborator was lyricist Cliff Friend. His other collaborators included Al Dubin, Isham Jones, Irving Taylor. Franklin worked in vaudeville and night clubs in the U.S. and Europe. According to The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900–1950, by Roger Kinkle, he left school at 13 to work as a pianist in a publishing house. Some of his songs were recorded by Glen Gray, Isham Jones, Guy Lombardo and Frankie Trumbauer.

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Credited work

1,073 releases · 388 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 1,115
  • Other credits · 19
  • Production · 2

Studios: CTS Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Group IV Recording Studios · Tower Ballroom

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