Conrad, Con

Con Conrad Composer Conrad K. Dober, New York City, June 18, 1891; Van Nuys, California, September 28, 1938. His debut in show business was as a pianist at the Vanity Fair Theatre on 125th Street in New York City. He soon met Jay Whidden (1886–1968), a boilermaker who wanted to be a violinist. They teamed up to play on the Keith circuit, had their first song published as “Down in Dear Old New Orleans” (1912), and were signed for a London revue. Conrad came back home from World War I and wrote…