Raymond B. Egan

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Raymond B. Egan (November 14, 1890, Windsor, Ontario - October 13, 1952, Westport, Connecticut) was a songwriter. He moved to the United States in 1892 and settled in Michigan where he attended the University of Michigan. His first job was a bank clerk, but he soon moved onto be a staff writer for Ginnells Music Co. in Detroit.

He wrote songs for Broadway acts such as Robinson Crusoe, Jr., Silks and Satins, Holka Polka and Earl Carroll’s Sketch Book of 1935. He also did a number of songs on film scores, for films such as "Paramount on Parade", "Red Headed Woman" and "The Prizefighter and the Lady". He then went onto writing songs where he worked with the likes of Walter Donaldson, Ted Fiorito, Harry Tierney, Richard Whiting and Gus Kahn.

Some of his songs are:

• "They Called it Dixieland"
• "Mammy’s Little Coal Black Rose"
• "Till We Meet Again"
• "Where the Morning Glories Grow"
• "Ain't We Got Fun?"
• "Japanese Sandman"
• "In a Little While"
• "Tea Leaves"
• "Sleepy Time Gal"
• "You’re Still an Old Sweetheart of Mine"
• "Some Sunday Morning"
• "Three on a Match"
• "Somebody’s Wrong"
• "Tell Me Why You Smile, Mona Lisa"
• "Dear Old Gal, Who’s Your Pal Tonight?"
• "There Ain’t No Maybe in My Baby’s Eyes"
• "I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody"
• "Downstream Drifter"
• "Red Headed Woman”

Egan was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.