Fisher, Fred
(1875–1942)> COMPOSER ACTIVE IN THE FIRST THREE DECADES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Fred Fisher Composer active in the first three decades of the twentieth century Cologne, Germany, September 30, 1875; New York City, January 14, 1942. Fisher came to the United States in 1900 and settled in Chicago, where a black saloon pianist gave him lessons. His first hit, for which he wrote both words and music, was “If the Man in the Moon Were a Coon” (1905), published by Will Rossiter , who had just reentered the music business after a five-year absence. It eventually sold over three…