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James Cavanaugh

James Cavanaugh is credited on 1,920 releases across 493 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,920

Credits

493

Albums

8

Decades active

227

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American songwriter and author.
Born October 29, 1892 in New York City, New York, USA.
Died August 18, 1967 in New York City, New York, USA.
Best known for songs "Mississippi Mud" (1927, made popular by Bing Crosby), "Crosstown" (1940, co-written with John Redmond), and "The Gaucho Serenade" (title track of the soundtrack to the Gene Autry 1940 movie Gaucho Serenade). Other popular songs of his include "I Like Mountain Music", "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You" and "Christmas in Killarney".
Early in his career, Cavanaugh was a writer in vaudeville.

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1,920 releases · 493 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 1,961
  • Other credits · 8

Studios: RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World · The Copacabana Nightclub · London Palladium · CBS Studios, London

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