Fisher, Mark

Mark Fisher Songwriter, bandleader Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1895; Long Lake, Illinois, January 2, 1948. Fisher is remembered today for two 1920s standards: 1924’s “Oh, How I Miss You Tonight,” written with Joe Burke and lyricist Benny Davis, and 1928’s “When You’re Smiling,” composed with Larry Shay (1897–1988) and lyricist Joe Goodwin (1889–1943). Fisher had a million-selling hit with “Oh, How I Miss You” when he recorded it as vocalist and banjo player with Ted fio rito’s Oriole…