Grey, Clifford
(1887–1941)> LYRICIST · PLAYWRIGHT
Clifford Grey Lyricist and playwright Percival Davis, Birmingham, England, January 5, 1887; Ipswich, England, September 25, 1941. Initially performing under his birth name in various companies playing Britain’s coastal resorts, Davis took the stage name Clifford Grey in 1907. He had his first major success providing lyrics to Nat Ayer’s “If You Were the Only Girl in the World” in 1916. He began writing librettos for musicals in London, and came to New York in 1920 when Jerome Kern asked him to…