Dave Stamper

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Dave Stamper
Dave Stamper in 1916
Background information
Birth name	David Stamper
Born	(1883-11-10)November 10, 1883 New York City, United States
Died	September 18, 1963(1963-09-18) (aged 79) Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
Genres	Broadway musicals, revues, show tunes
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, composer, pianist
Years active	1905–1932
Spouse	Edna Leedom ​ (m. 1926)​

David Stamper (November 10, 1883 – September 18, 1963) was an American songwriter of the Tin Pan Alley and vaudeville eras, a contributor to twenty-one editions of the Ziegfeld Follies, writer for the Fox Film Corporation, and composer of more than one thousand songs, in spite of never learning to read or write traditional music notation. He may have written "Shine On Harvest Moon", a claim supported by vaudeville performer and writer Eddie Cantor. He was also a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers or ASCAP.^[1]