Jean Schwartz
b. Nov. 4, 1878, Budapest, Hungary, d. Nov. 30, 1956, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Here's a photo of Jean Schwartz. Jean's sister, had received some training with the great composer, Franz Liszt, and she taught Jean to play the piano while he was still a child. When Jean was 13, his family emigrated to New York City, where for several years, they lived on that city's lower east side, in abject poverty. Jean worked at any sort of a job to help support his family. Although he did work as a cashier in a Turkish Bath house, mostly he was able to find musical work. One of his jobs was as a sheet music demonstrator in New York's Siegel-Cooper Department Store, the very first department store to have such a department. Finally, he became a staff pianist and song plugger in Shapiro-Bernstein Inc., a Tin Pan Alley music publisher. In 1899, at age 21, Jean published his first song called "Dusky Dudes", a piano cakewalk.

William Jerome, a well known lyricist, and Schwartz met in 1901. It was the start of a fruitful songwriting partnership. Over the next few years, they wrote some very successful songs for different Broadway shows, among which were:

 1901 The Weber and Fields Broadway show, 'Hoity Toity', had "When
       Mr. Shakespeare Comes To Town". (Schwartz was working as an
       onstage pianist in the production.)
  Other songs written by Schwartz and Jerome that year were:
       "Don't Put Me Off at Buffalo Anymore"
       "Rip van Winkle Was a Lucky Man"
 1902 Eddie Foy sang one of their songs in his Chicago show at the
       Iroquois Theater.
       "Hamlet Was a Melancholy Dane"
 1902 The Broadway show 'The Wild Rose', had
       "Since Sister Nell Heard Paderewski Play"
       "I'm Unlucky"
 1902 The Broadway show 'The Chinese Honeymoon', had
       "Mister Dooley"
 1903 The Broadway show 'The Jersey Lily'. Blanche Ring sang their
       big hit, "Bedelia"

All of this success made the team of Schwartz and Jerome a natural
act for the vaudeville circuits, where they were headliners for many
years. Jean also was employed as the pianist for the Dolly Sisters'
vaudeville act, and in time, he married one of the sisters, Rozika.

 1904  The team of Schwartz and Jerome scores first complete Broadway
       show, 'Piff, Paff, Pouf' The musical comedy starred Eddie Foy
       and Alice Fisher, with songs:
       "Good Night, My Own True Love"
       "Love, Love, Love"
       "The Ghost That Never Walked"

The team produced some Tin Pan Alley hits around this time, including:
       "The Hat My Father Wore On St. Patrick's Day"
       "Chinatown, My Chinatown", a big hit even today.

Over the next few years, the team continued writing songs for
different Broadway shows, including:
 1905  for the show 'Lifting The Lid'
 1905  for the show 'Sergeant Blue', Blanche Ring sang the song,
       "My Irish Molly-O"
 1907  for the show 'Lola From Berlin'
 1908  for the show 'Ziegfeld Follies of 1908', the song
       "When the Girl You Love Is Loving"
 1909  for the show 'In Haiti'
 1910  for the show 'Up and Down Broadway'

In 1913, just before the beginning of WW1, the team of Schwartz and
Jerome came to an end.

 1913  Schwartz and Lyricist Harold Atteridge wrote songs for the
       shows:
       'The Passing Show of 1913'
       'The Honeymoon Express' (1913)
 1914  Schwartz, with Grant Clarke lyrics, wrote,
       "I Love The Ladies"
       "Back To The Carolina You Love"
 1914 Schwartz wrote songs for the show
       'When Claudia Smiles', with lyricist, Anne Caldwell.
 1917  The Broadway show 'Sinbad' starred Al Jolson, and for this
       Winter Garden Theater show Schwartz teamed with lyricists Sam
       M. Lewis and Joe Young to write such Al Jolson hit songs as:
       "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody"
       "Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land"
       "Why Do They All Take The Night Boat To Albany?"
 1919 Schwartz wrote songs for the show,
       'Hello Alexander', with lyricist Anne Caldwell.
 1919 Schwartz wrote a song that would become Ben Bernie's theme song,
       "Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams", with lyric by Jack Meskill
 1921 Schwartz and lyricist Harold Atteridge again collaborated,
      writing songs for several Broadway shows,including:
       'The Passing Show of 1921'
 1922 'Make It Snappy'
 1924 'Innocent Eyes'
 1923 'Artists and Models of 1923'
      'Topics of 1923'

 1927 Schwartz and lyricist Anne Caldwell wrote songs for the show
       'A Night In Spain'
 1928 Schwartz and lyricist Anne Caldwell wrote songs for the show
       'Sunny Days'

 From 1931 until 1937, Schwartz and Milton Ager collaborated on some
 hits, including such songs as:
       "Trouble In Paradise"
       "Little You Know"
       "Trust In Me", a 1937 Hit Parade choice.

Jean died in Los Angeles, CA, age 76 years.