Jack Frost (Harold G. Frost)

Composer, songwriter ("Floatin' Down to Cotton Town") and author, educated in high school and then a contract writer for a Chicago music company. During WWI he served as a second lieutenant in the American infantry. Coming to New York, he was associated with Fred Fisher and other music publishers, and wrote special material for Eva Tanguay and Trixie Fraganza, also working in advertising for newspapers, radio and television. He wrote the Broadway stage score for "Keep Kool", and performed in vaudeville over a four year period. Read more... Were Young Maggie Blues", "Mysterious Blues", "The Annie Laurie Blues" and "The Girl at the End of the Bar".