Songs Written by Frederic ClayTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Frederic Emes Clay (3 August 1838 – 24 November 1889) was an English composer known principally for songs and his music written for the stage. Although from a musical family, for 16 years Clay made his living as a civil servant in HM Treasury, composing in his spare time, until a legacy in 1873 enabled him to become a full-time composer. He had his first big stage success with Ages Ago (1869), a short comic opera with a libretto by... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Frederic Clay first charted in 1914 with I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby.The artist placed 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, one of which reached the Top‑10.