Ernie Burnett

Date of Birth 19 December 1884, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Date of Death 11 September 1959, Saranac Lake, New York, USA. Birth Name Ernest Mario Bernaditto Mini Biography Songwriter ("Georgia Moonlight", "Steamboat Rag"), composer, pianist and publisher, educated at the Charlottenberg Conservatory and other music studies in Italy and Austria. He returned to the USA in 1901 and became a vaudeville pianist and entertainer. During World War I, he served in the 89th Division of the Allied Expeditionary Forces. He led dance orchestras, and was active in music for three years throughout the Panama Canal Zone. He joined ASCAP in 1921, and formed his own publishing company. Collaborating musically with George Norton and Paul Cunningham, his other song compositions include "My Melancholy Baby", "My Kathleen", "Please Take a Letter, Miss Brown", "Romance Rides the Range Tonight", "There's a New Moon in the Sky Tonight", "There'll Be a Jubilation Bye and Bye", and "Only Ashes Remain". Trivia Ernie Burnett and his writing partner composed the popular song "My Melancholy Baby" which was featured in the 1954 film A Star Is Born.