Died: August 7, 1948
Oley Speaks was a composer, songwriter and vocalist. He wrote On the Road to Mandalay, using the words of Rudyard Kipling's poem "Mandalay". The song sold over a million copies. He wrote more than 250 published songs.
Speaks is known to have stayed at the Lake Clear Inn the summers of 1913 and 1922.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 16, 1922
Brooklyn Colony At Lake Clear
…Oley Speaks, composer, is among those from Manhattan recently arrived to spend the season at Lake Clear Inn.
See also:
- Wikipedia - Oley Speaks
- New York Times, August 28, 1928, Obituary (pay site)
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