Woodward, Willis

Willis Woodward Pioneer publisher (September 1908; full birth and death dates unknown). Woodward, who appeared on the scene at the beginning of the 1880s, had his office at 842 Broadway, the Star Theatre Building, at Thirteenth Street and Broadway. He was known as the King of Tearjerkers with hits like “White Wings,” “The Song That Reached My Heart,” and “Always Take Mother’s Advice.” Woodward published Isadore Witmark ’s first song. When Witmark ’s royalty statement came, he was so disgusted…