Hart Pease Danks

Composer

Birthday April 6, 1834

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Connecticut

DEATH DATE Nov 20, 1903 (69)

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About

Best known for composing the song Silver Threads Among the Gold from 1873.

Before Fame

He worked as a carpenter in his father's construction business.

Trivia

He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

Family Life

He married Hattie R. Colahan in 1858.

Associated With

His song Silver Threads Among the Gold was recorded by Bing Crosby in 1948.