Cliff Friend: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Musicalmusical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->

| Namename = Cliff Friend

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| Originorigin = [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], [[United States]]

| Instrumentinstrument = [[Piano]]

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| Genre occupation = [[Songwriter]]

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| Labelassociated_acts = [[Tin Pan = Alley]]

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Friend was born into in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] in 1893.<ref name=song>{{cite web |url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/notable_bio.asp?notableWriterId=14 |title=Songwriters Hall of Fame |accessdate=2008-01-11 |format= |work= }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> His father was first [[violin]]ist with the Woods Theater Orchestra.<ref name=song/> Friend studied at the [[Cincinnati Conservatory of Music]] with the aim of becoming a concert pianist, until a three-year bout of tuberculosis.<ref name=comp>{{cite web |url=http://nfo.net/cal/tf5.html |title=Composers Lyricists Database |accessdate=2008-01-11 |format= |work= }}</ref> Friend met [[Harry Richman]] while working on [[vaudeville]] shows, and the two moved to [[Los Angeles, California]] where they befriended [[Buddy De Sylva]] and [[Al Jolson]].<ref name=song/>