Carroll, Harry

Harry Carroll Composer and pianist Atlantic City, New Jersey, November 28, 1892; Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, December 26, 1962. A self-taught pianist, Carroll was playing in local movie houses by his early teens, and then moved to New York City. He worked as an arranger on Tin Pan Alley during the day, and as a café pianist at night. The Schuberts hired him to write songs for The Whirl of Society (1912), which led to his first hit, “On the Mississippi,” written with Arthur Fields and lyricist…