Akst, Harry, 1894-1963. Dinah

found: Stride piano, 2015:page 13 caption (Dinah : from The big broadcast; words by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young; music by Harry Akst)

found: Songwriters Hall of Fame WWW site, August 18, 2015:Harry Akst biography (Akst, along with lyricists Sam Lewis and Joe Young, wrote Dinah, "one of the most recorded songs of the 1920s," in 1925; the first hit recording of the song was Ethel Waters's version, which reached no. 2 on the Billboard charts in 1926; no mention of The big broadcast or any specific association with a film or musical) Harry Akst song catalog (no mention of The big broadcast among his stage productions and film scores) - http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/bio/C35 - http://songwritershalloffame.org/songs/C35