Tierney, Harry
(1890–1965)> POPULAR COMPOSER OF THE 1920S
Harry Tierney Popular composer of the 1920s Harry Austin Tierney, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, May 21, 1890; New York City, March 22, 1965. Originally a concert pianist, Tierney got his first job on Tin Pan Alley working as a demonstrator for Jerome Remick in the early 1910s. During the mid-1910s, he placed songs in several Broadway shows, but really scored big when he partnered with lyricist Joseph McCarthy. The duo’s first smash was the show Irene (1919), which produced the hit “Alice Blue Gown,”…