Saxie Dowell(1904-1974)
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Saxophonist, songwriter ("Three Little Fishies", "I Don't Care"),
composer and conductor, educated at the University of North Carolina.
He was a saxophonist for the Hal Kemp orchestra for fifteen years, then
formed his own band. During World War II, he was United States Navy
bandmaster aboard the USS Franklin until it was sunk in the South
Pacific in 1945. After the war, he reorganized his band. Joining ASCAP
in 1941, his other popular-song compositions included "Tonight I'm
Thinking of You", "Tell Her", "V for Victory", "Rugged but Right", "She
Told Him Emphatically No", "All I've Got Is Me", "Oo-Goo the Little
Worm", "Canasta Song", and "Turnabout Is Fair Play"
