Oley Speaks was an American composer and songwriter.
12 Facts About Oley Speaks
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Oley Speaks's compositions include many religious songs, as well as his best-known success, "On the Road to Mandalay", which takes its lyrics from the poem "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling.
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The Canal Winchester Area Historical Society Museum has exhibits about the life of Oley Speaks, including original sheet music written by him.
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Oley Speaks was ten when his father Charles W died, and his mother Sarah and family moved to Columbus soon afterwards.
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Oley Speaks learned the piano as a boy, and was praised for his baritone voice as early as 1891 by The Columbus Dispatch.
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Oley Speaks was developing a reputation as a fine baritone singer in churches in Columbus before he moved to New York City in 1898 and started taking lessons.
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Oley Speaks had a successful career as a singer, touring the United States giving recitals and appearing in oratorios.
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Oley Speaks studied composition with Will Macfarlane and Max Spicker.
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Oley Speaks had two further million-selling successes, "Morning" to a lyric by Frank Lebby Stanton in 1910 and "Sylvia" to a lyric by Clinton Scollard in 1914.
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Oley Speaks was a prominent member of ASCAP, where he was elected director in 1924 and served until 1943.
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Oley Speaks was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.
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Oley Speaks can be described as a "one-hit wonder", but his most famous work was included in the soundtrack of several films:.