Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)
Joseph McCarthy was an American lyricist whose most famous songs include "You Made Me Love You", and "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", from the now-forgotten Oh, Look!, starring the Dolly Sisters, based upon the haunting melody from the middle section of Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu.
Born Thomas Joseph McCarthy, in the Massachusetts city of Somerville, McCarthy was a frequent collaborator of composers Harry Tierney and Fred Fisher. He was the director of ASCAP from 1921 to 1929.Music score
- 1918 Oh, Look!
- 1919 Ziegfeld Follies of 1919
- 1919 Irene
- 1920 Ziegfeld Follies of 1920
- 1921 The Broadway Whirl
- 1922 Up She Goes
- 1922 Glory
- 1923 Ziegfeld Follies of 1923
- 1923 Kid Boots
- 1924 Ziegfeld Follies of 1924
- 1926 Irene
- 1927 Rio Rita
- 1928 Cross My Heart
- 1929 Rio Rita
- 1930 New Movietone Follies of 1930
- 1931 Ziegfeld Follies of 1931
- 1942 Rio Rita
Songwriter
- 1914 "There's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning"
- 1917 "They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me"
- 1918 "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows"
- 1919 "Alice Blue Gown"
- 1930 "So This Is London"
- 1930 "Under Suspicion"
- 1930 "Up the River"
- 1945 "Incendiary Blonde"
