Who wrote the songs 'I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy' and 'Give my Regards to Broadway'?
Give My Regards to Broadway Give My Regards to Broadway "Give My Regards to Broadway" is a song written by George M. Cohan for his musical play "Little Johnny Jones" which debuted in 1904 in New York. Cohan, playing the title character, sings this song as his friend is about to sail to America, looking for evidence aboard ship that will clear his name for allegedly throwing the English Derby. The sentimental song has been recorded many times. It was featured prominently in a solo song-and-dance sequence done by James Cagney in his Oscar-winning performance in the 1942 film about Cohan's life, "Yankee Doodle Dandy".
Yankee Doodle Dandy (restaurant) Yankee Doodle Dandy (restaurant) Yankee Doodle Dandy was a hamburger restaurant chain started in Bensenville, Illinois in December 1966 by brothers Chris and Bill Proyce as the Yankee Doodle House. The chain had as many as 27 restaurants, 7 company owned and the rest franchised, in the Chicago area by 1976. Yankee Doodle had a restaurant on 125th and Burleigh streets in Brookfield, Wis. during the 1970s. The building had a red, white and blue motif. The restaurant had a design and menu similar to Burger Chef and Burger King. According to some sources, the chain went out of business