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Michael Elder Rourke (14 July 1867 – 26 August 1933), who assumed the pen name Herbert Reynolds in 1913, was an Irish-American lyricist. [1] [2] Reynolds wrote the lyrics to Jerome Kern 's first big hit, " They Didn't Believe Me ", interpolated into the 1914 American version of The Girl from Utah , produced by Charles Frohman .
Jul 6, 2024 · Michael Elder Rourke (14 July 1867 – 26 August 1933), who assumed the pen name Herbert Reynolds in 1913, was an Irish-American lyricist. Reynolds wrote the lyrics to Jerome Kern's first big hit, "They Didn't Believe Me", interpolated into the 1914 American version of The Girl from Utah , produced by Charles Frohman.
"They Didn't Believe Me" is a song with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Herbert Reynolds. First introduced in the 1914 musical The Girl from Utah it was one of five numbers added to the show by Kern and Reynolds for its Broadway debut at the Knickerbocker Theatre on August 14, 1914.
Michael Elder Rourke, who assumed the pen name Herbert Reynolds in 1913, was an Irish-American lyricist. Reynolds wrote the lyrics to Jerome Kern's first big hit, "They Didn't Believe Me", interpolated into the 1914 American version of The Girl from Utah, produced by Charles Frohman.
HERBERT REYNOLDS was the pen name of Irish-American lyricist Michael Elder Rourke (1867-1933). Reynolds began his career as a press agent before moving on to lyric writing. Reynolds’ first successful collaboration with Jerome Kern was the song “They Didn’t Believe Me,” which was interpolated into the 1914 American version of The Girl ...
As engaging as the melody is, credit for the song’s success must also be attributed to its lyric, penned by the Irish-American writer Michael Elder Rourke. Rourke wrote this and dozens of other period tunes under the name Herbert Reynolds. The flirty, conversational style of the verse
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