Cliff Hess

Cliff Hess

music department, composer, writer

Cliff Hess was born on Jun 19, 1894 in USA. Cliff Hess's big-screen debut came with 20, 000 Cheers for the Chain Gang directed by Roy Mack in 1933.

Composer, songwriter, author, publisher and pianist, educated locally and laer a pianist on Mississippi River boats. He then joined the staff of several music publishing firms, and was Irving Berlin's secretary between 1913 and 1918. Later he became an executive for several recording and publishing companies. Joining ASCAP in 1919, his popular-song compositions include "Homesickness Blues", "When Alexander takes His Ragtime Band to France", "I'm in Heaven", "I Used to Call Her Baby", "Huckleberry Finn", "Freckles", and "Don't You Remember the Day?"

  • Birthday

    Jun 19, 1894
  • Place of Birth

    Cincinnati, Ohio, USA