Songs Written by Ford DabneyTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Ford Thompson Dabney (15 March 1883 – 6 June 1958) was an American ragtime pianist, composer, songwriter, and acclaimed director of bands and orchestras for Broadway musical theater, revues, vaudeville, and early recordings. Additionally, for two years in Washington, from 1910 to 1912, he was proprietor of a theater that featured vaudeville, musical revues, and silent film. Dabney is best known as composer and lyricist of the 1910 song "That's Why They Call Me Shine," which for eleven point six... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Ford Dabney first charted in 1924 with Shine.The artist placed 4 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 3 of which reached the Top‑10.The artist scored 1 UK Top‑75 entries.On US RnB the artist achieved 1 Top‑10.