Songwriters on Parade was a musical Vaudeville revue which featured hit songwriters of the day introduced by a master of ceremonies.Bert. "Hipp, Baltimore: Variety House Reviews", Variety, p. 50, February 10, 1937 Between 1931 and 1940 (at least) various line-ups of popular songwriters performed their hits across the eastern seaboard at Loew's move theatres and on the Keith vaudeville circuit.
Partial list of featured songwriters between 1932–1940 Source: Sidney Clare Jack Lawrence Al Lewis Gerald Marks Vincent Rose Walter Samuels Jean Schwartz Al Sherman Abner Silver Nat Simon Charles Tobias Henry Tobias Percy Wenrich
Literary sources Sherman, Robert B. Walt's Time: from before to beyond. Chapter 2; "Al's Time", p. 95. Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998.
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