Songs Written by Sidney D. MitchellTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Sidney D. Mitchell (June 15, 1888 in Baltimore, Maryland – February 25, 1942 in Los Angeles, California) was a Hollywood film industry lyricist and composer. Mitchell is best known for his collaborations with Lew Pollack on movie scores at Twentieth Century Fox in the 1930s and 1940s. Together with Louis Alter, Mitchell was nominated for an Oscar in 1937 for the song "A Melody from the Sky" which was in the 1936 motion picture The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Sidney D. Mitchell first charted in 1919 with Would You Rather be a Colonel with an Eagle on Your Shoulder or a Private with a Chicken on Your Knee?.The artist placed 17 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 8 of which reached the Top‑10, including 1 number‑one.