Biography
Lyricist Benny Davis entered the vaudeville stage while still in his early teens and went on to write hundreds of songs at the peak of Tin Pan Alley’s influence. Although merely “Baby Face” achieved lasting worldwide recognition, the additional numbers “Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You,” “There Goes My Heart,” and “With These Hands” received repeated covers from prominent singers through the mid-1960s. Born in New York City in 1895, Davis had already joined the vaudeville circuit by 1910 and subsequently traveled as Blossom Seeley’s accompanist. While on the road he started creating material, achieving several early-1920s successes before the major breakthrough of “Baby Face” in 1926. In 1929 he supplied the score for the Broadway production Sons o’ Guns and maintained a steady output of modest hits until the middle of the following decade. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Davis resided in Miami until his passing in 1979.
Singles
