Irvin Graham (1909-2001) was an award-winning songwriter ("I Believe," "You Better Go Now"), composer, actor, author, writer, and singer, educated at Zeckwer Hahn Musical Academy and a student of Norman Lloyd. He was a singer and scriptwriter for WCAU and WIP in Philadelphia, and wrote the Broadway stage scores for Crazy With The Heat and All About Love, and the CBS musical version of Taming of the Shrew, plus special material for Jane Froman, Patrice Munsel, Imogene Coca, Marguerite Piazza, Constance Bennett, Mimi Benzel, and Eddie Albert, and served on Max Liebman's staff. Joining ASCAP in 1952, his other popular-song compositions include "Maybe I Love Him," "I'm In Love With a Married Man," and "Twist of the Wrist."
Discipline:
Music Composition
Irvin Graham
Discipline:
Music Composition
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1964, 1965, 1977
Studios
Van Zorn (formerly Kirby)
Irvin Graham worked in the Van Zorn (formerly Kirby) studio.
Constructed thanks to a bequest from Sarah L. Kirby, Kirby Studio was the last new building to be erected during Mrs. MacDowell’s leadership (1907-1951). The load-bearing masonry walls were laid by local mason Augustus Beaulieu atop a fieldstone foundation. A 1995 renovation preserved the brick fireplace with wooden mantel and…