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Harold Campbell Adamson (December 10, 1906 – August 17, 1980) [1] was an American lyricist during the 1930s and 1940s. Early life. Adamson, the son of building contractor Harold Adamson and Marion "Minnie" Campbell Adamson, was born and raised in Greenville, New Jersey, United States. [2]
Career spanned more than 40 years and dozens of top films. Harold Adamson was born on December 10, 1.906 in Greenville, New Jersey, and grew up in New York City. He attended public elementary and high schools, and then went to the University of Kansas and Harvard University.
His ambition was to be an actor but the early success of “ Time on My Hands ” (written with Vincent Youmans and Mack Gordon in 1930 for Florence Ziegfeld’s stage show Smiles) diverted his career into songwriting.
The song was written by Harold Adamson and Victor Young; Young died in 1956, several weeks after the film's release, and he received the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture posthumously.
Harold Adamson. Soundtrack: An Affair to Remember. Prolific composer and author, educated at the University of Kansas, and at Harvard University, where he wrote 'Hasty Pudding' shows. His Broadway stage scores include: "Smiles"; "Earl Carroll's Vanities" (1931); "Banjo Eyes"; and "As The Girls Go". For Jones Beach: "Around The World In Eighty ...
Harold Adamson wrote My Resistance Is Low, Around the World, Too Young to Go Steady, It's a Most Unusual Day and other songs. Explore Discuss
Feb 20, 2007 · Harold Adamson (December 10, 1906 - August 17, 1980) was an American lyricist during the 1930s and 1940s. Adamson, the son of Harold Adamson and Marion "Minnie" Campbell Adamson, was born in Garelochhead, Scotland, and immigrated to the United States through Ellis Island, arriving on the SS Californian on April 20, 1908.
