who wrote the text for jeanie with the light brown hair
Stephen Foster
title: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair text: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" is a parlor song by Stephen Foster (1826–1864). It was published by Firth, Pond & Co. of New York in 1854. Foster wrote the song with his estranged wife Jane McDowell in mind. The lyrics allude to a permanent separation. "Jeanie" was a notorious beneficiary of the ASCAP boycott of 1941, a dispute caused by ASCAP increasing its licensing fees. During this period, radio broadcasters played only public domain music or songs licensed by ASCAP rival BMI. According to a 1941 article in "Time" magazine, "So often had title: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair text: BMI's Jeannie [sic] With the Light Brown Hair been played that she was widely reported to have turned grey." Bing Crosby recorded the song on March 22, 1940, for Decca Records with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra. Violinist Jascha Heifetz transcribed the song for the violin and it became a signature piece for him for years. The transcription has been performed by many subsequent violinists. The opening line notably got used as the basis for the title of the TV series "I Dream of Jeannie". In the 1956 Bugs Bunny short "Broomstick Bunny", a play on the title is title: Jane McDowell Foster Wiley text: Jane McDowell Foster Wiley Jane Denny McDowell Foster Wiley was born December 10, 1829. She died at the age of seventy-three in a fire on January 17, 1903 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is best known for being the wife of Stephen Foster and being the inspiration for Foster's song Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair. Her archives are located in the University of Pittsburgh. Jane's father, Andrew Nathan McDowell, was a well-known physician in Pittsburgh. He encouraged the first black medical student from Western Pennsylvania to apply to and attend Harvard Medical School. Dr. McDowell wrote a letter of recommendation title: Stephen Foster's sketchbook text: and initials. In addition to the digital version, a photostat of the sketchbook was published by the staff of the Foster Hall Collection in 1933. This full transcript of the book was created by Deane L. Root and edited by Kathryn Miller Haines in June 2000. The Transcript field within the database contains the text and is searchable. Foliation (recto and verso) numbers were supplied in 1986 using archival techniques. The draft and original text for Foster's song "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" is contained in the sketchbook. In addition, Foster records his meeting with Charles Dickens while Dickens title: I Dream of Jeanie (film) text: I Dream of Jeanie (film) I Dream of Jeanie is a 1952 American historical musical film based on the songs and life of Stephen Foster who wrote the song "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" from which the title is taken. The film was directed by Allan Dwan for Republic Pictures and was shot in Trucolor. The film is also known as I Dream of Jeanie (with the Light Brown Hair). In 1849 the song "Oh, Susannah" is a nationwide hit—but bookkeeper Stephen Foster has given his work to several music houses without charge and without credit. His refined true