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D10662-7
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- 1940-12-30 (Creation)
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Songwriter Oscar B. (O.B.) Clow, at home in his recording studio in the Annobee Apartments, 319 No. I St. Clow was a renaissance man, an inventor, builder and athlete, but his real love was songwriting. For over 30 years, he wrote, recorded and tried to sell his music. His first success came in 1937, when he sold six of his dance tunes to the American Recording Co. They were recorded by Gene Kardos and his orchestra with vocals by Donald Carol and Beatrice Wain. His big break came in 1940, when the newly formed BMI optioned 4,000 of his tunes, his life's work. Clow died in July of 1942 at the age of 56 after a game of golf at the Fircrest Golf Course. He had, in his lifetime, patented several inventions, owned and operated 52 waffle places across the US, developed buildings in Tacoma and Seattle and composed and copyrighted over 300 songs. (TNT 11/18/1937, pg. 3; T. Times 1/2/1941, pg. 1; obit. 7/2/1942, pg. 1)
Clow, Oscar B.; Composers, Inventors;