George Henninger(1895-1953)
- Director
- Composer
- Music Department
Songwriter ("Butterfingers"), organist, composer, conductor and
director, educated at the University of Pittsburgh; he studied music
with Dudley Fitch, and James Ford. He was an organist in St.
Petersburg, Florida, and came to New York in 1936 as a free-lance
organist, eventually doing musical and dramatic programs on radio and
in theatres, and then joining the ABC staff. Joining ASCAP in 1947, his
other popular songs included "Old Prairie Wagon", "Little Darlin'",
"God Is Everywhere", "In Suniland", "In Flanders", "Sunset Lullabye",
"Our Graduation Waltz", and "St. Patrick's Bells".