F. Henri Klickmann

Frank Henri Klickmann (February 4, 1885 - June 25, 1966), was a composer, songwriter, musician, and arranger of music from the 1900s to the 1940s. He composed over a hundred songs, such as "Knockout Drops", "Dynamite Rag" (1913), "Sing Me the Rosary" (1913), "The Squirrel Rag" (1913), "Hysterics Rag" (1914) and "Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight" (1918). During the 1920s, he was employed by Jack Mills Music, Inc. Orchestral arrangements from this time include "The Vamp", "Walkin' the Dog", "Don't You Remember the Time?", and "Kitten on the Keys".

Personal life Klickmann was born on February 4, 1885, in Chicago, Illinois. His father, Rudolph Klickmann, was a German immigrant. His mother Carolina (née Laufer) Klickmann was originally from Illinois. Frank was the second-born of five children: Emily (b. 1881), Ida (b. 1887), Florence (b. 1889), and Robert (b. 1890).

In 1908, Klickmann married Jeanette Klickmann. It was his first marriage and her second.

Career In 1906, Klickmann's first publication, Oh Babe, appeared under the name F. Henri Klickmann. Many of his early "rag" songs were co-written with bandleader, Paul Biese. Together they composed the songs, The Maurice Walk and The Murray Walk. The former was written for vaudeville performers Maurice and Florence Walton, and the latter for silent film actress, Mae Murray. Klickmann occasionally played in Biese's orchestra and arranged music for them. In the mid-1950s, Klickmann retired. Haydn Quartet- Just a Dream of You, Dear (1911), Victor Orpheus Quartet- Sing Me the Rosary (1913), Victor Six Brown Brothers- Tambourines and Oranges (1916), Victor Six Brown Brothers- My Fox Trot Girl (1917), Victor Six Brown Brothers- Saxophone Sam (1917), Victor Six Brown Brothers- The Ghost of the Saxophone (1917), Victor William F. Larkin- There's a Little Blue Star in the Window (and It Means All the World to Me) (1918), Victor American Quartet-Floatin' Down To Cotton Town (1919), Victor Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra- Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight (1919), Victor Ernest L. Stevens- Hesistation Waltz (1922), Edison Lewis James & Elliot Shaw- The Trail to Long Ago (1922), Victor Paul Biese's Novelty Orchestra- Florita (1924), Victor Henry Burr & Frank Croxton- Weeping Willow Lane (1925), Victor F. Henri Klickmann & Roy Smeck- Itching Fingers (1928), Edison