Dixon, Mort

Mort Dixon Lyricist New York City, March 20, 1892; Bronxville, New York, March 23, 1956. Dixon began his career as a vaudevillian prior to serving in World War I, and then began writing lyrics in the early 1920s. His first hit came in 1923 in collaboration with Billy Rose on “That Old Gang of Mine,” with music by Ray Henderson, a hit on record for Billy Murray and Ed Smalle, among others. He continued to produce major hits through the 1920s, including “ Bye , Bye, Blackbird” (with Rose, and…