Harry Akst - Selected Songs

Selected Songs

• "Home Again Blues" (1921), with Irving Berlin
• "Stella" (1923), with Al Jolson (1942 version by Del Porter with Spike Jones & His City Slickers)
• "A Smile Will Go A Long Way" (1923), with Benny Davis
• "Dinah" (1925), with Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young
• "Baby Face" (1926), with Benny Davis
• "Dearest (You're The Nearest To My Heart)", with Benny Davis
• "(I Says To Myself Says I) There's The One For Me" (1929), with Jack Yellen (From Bulldog Drummond)
• "My Strongest Weakness is You" (1929), with Sidney Clare (From So Long Letty)
• "Am I Blue?" (1929), with Grant Clarke
• "Don't It Mean A Thing" (1929), with Grant Clarke (From On with the Show!)
• "Birmingham Bertha" (1929), with Grant Clark (From On with the Show!)
• "As Long As I'm With You" (1930), with Grant Clarke (From No, No, Nanette)
• "There's Nothing Too Good For My Baby" (1931), Eddie Cantor and Benny Davis (From Palmy Days)
• "Guilty" (1931) G. Khan / R. A. Whiting - H. Akst.
• "Everybody Swing" (1936), with Sidney Clare
• "Don't Throw Kisses" (1937), with Sidney Clare (For Big Town Girl)
• "Blue is the Evening" (1938) with Sidney Clare (For Rascals)
• "The Egg and I" (1947) music by Harry Ruby, lyrics by Bert Kalmar, Al Jolson, and Harry Akst
• "No Sad Songs For Me" (1950), with Al Jolson