Dave Franklin (September 28, 1895 – February 2, 1970) was an accomplished American songwriter and pianist. A member of Tin Pan Alley, Franklin co-wrote "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", which was adopted as the theme song to the Looney Tunes cartoon series. His primary collaborator was lyricist Cliff Friend. His other collaborators included Al Dubin, Isham Jones, Irving Taylor. Franklin worked in vaudeville and night clubs in the U.S. and Europe. According to The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900–1950, by Roger Kinkle, he left school at 13 to work as a pianist in a publishing house. Some of his songs were recorded by Glen Gray, Isham Jones, Guy Lombardo and Frankie Trumbauer. Shows and films Paramount on Parade That's Right—You're Wrong Songs Unknown date Cincinnati Rag If I Had a Magic Carpet Rhythm of the Tambourine (in 1929 Broadway Scandals) 1930 I'm Isidore the Toreador 1934 Blue Lament I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just Dreaming It's Funny to Everyone But Me 1935 Give a Broken Heart a Break I Woke Up Too Soon 1936 Breakin' in a New Pair of Shoes I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music When My Dreamboat Comes Home 1937 Everything You Said Came True Never Should Have Told You The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down Two Dreams Got Together You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming 1938 I Come From a Musical Family I Must See Annie Tonight There's a Brand New Picture in My Picture Frame Who Do You Think I Saw Last Night? 1939 Happy Birthday to Love I'm Building a Sailboat of Dreams The Concert in the Park You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer 1941 El vals del aniversario 1942 The Penny Arcade 1943 It's Like Old Times 1944 By The Old Corral 1945 Lily Belle 1946 One-zy Two-zy 1947 Dreamer's Holiday Lone Star Moon 1949 California Orange Blossom The Golden Sands of Hawaii 1950 A Good Time Was Had By All A Man Wrote a Song You Are My Love 1954 Still You'd Break My Heart 1958 The Voice in My Heart Audio recordings of songs 1956– John Serry Sr. recorded When My Dreamboat Comes Home for Dot Records (See Squeeze Play (album)) 1956 Fats Domino recorded When My Dreamboat Comes Home for Imperial Records (See Fats Domino Rock and Rollin') 1965 Fats Domino re-recorded When My Dreamboat Comes Home for ABC-Paramount Records References External links 1895 births 1970 deaths 20th-century American