RARE “Tin Pan Alley\" Joseph E. Howard Cut Signature From 1944 for Sale

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RARE “Tin Pan Alley\" Joseph E. Howard Cut Signature From 1944 For Sale

$RARE “Tin Pan Alley\$
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RARE “Tin Pan Alley\" Joseph E. Howard Cut Signature From 1944:
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Up for sale\"Tin Pan Alley\" Joseph E. Howard Clipped Signature Dated 1944
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Joseph Edgar Howard (February 12, 1870 – May 19, 1961) was an American Broadway composer, lyricist, librettist, and performer. A famed member of Tin Pan Alley along with wife and composer Ida Emerson as part of the song-writing team of Howard and Emerson, his hits included \"Hello! Ma Baby\" and Broadway musicals like \"I Wonder Who\'s Kissing Her Now?\". Joseph Howard was born on February 12, 1870 (or 1871), in New York City. He grew up in a gang-terrorized part of the city and was frequently beaten by his father. His mother died when he was 8 years old, and he ran away to a Catholic orphanage, serving as an altar boy and singing in the choir. Avoiding his father, who had discovered the boy\'s place of refuge, he rode a freight train to Kansas City, Missouri. There he sang in a saloon and sold newspapers. It was in Kansas City that he was discovered by George Walker of Williams and Walker who arranged for Howard to receive voice training. From Kansas City, he went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he had his first taste of the theater.