George A. Norton was an American lyricist and
composer of popular music. He is chiefly
remembered for writing the lyrics to Ernie
Burnett's Melancholy (1911) which later became
the standard My Melancholy Baby. It has been
recorded by the likes of Teddy Wilson, Sonny
Rollins and Frank Sinatra amongst many others. Of
ragtime interest is his The Black Hand Rag (1910)
which he dedicated to "The Rag-time King", Mike
Bernard.
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