Cobb, George L.
(1886–1942)> COMPOSER
George L. Cobb Composer Mexico, New York, August 31, 1886; Brookline, Massachusetts, December 25, 1942. Trained in music at Syracuse University, Cobb won a composition contest in Buffalo, where he lived after college. He started out writing rags, then came to the Alley and wrote a few hit songs . He went to work for Boston publisher Walter Jacobs , writing more rags and anything else the publisher needed. When Jacobs began a monthly magazine, The Tuneful Yankee, early in 1917 (the name was…