About
Composer of numerous songs including On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away, My Gal Sal, and The Blue and the Gray.
Before Fame
He performed as a singer in vaudeville.
Trivia
He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Family Life
He was the son of Johann Paul and Sarah Mary Schanab Dreiser.
Associated With
He was portrayed by Victor Mature in My Gal Sal, the 1942 biographical film.
