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Publisher and songwriter

Gordon Thompson
BornGordon Vincent Thompson
(1888-08-09)9 August 1888
Humberstone, Ontario
Died12 May 1965(1965-05-12) (aged 76)
Toronto
Occupation(s)Songwriter and publisher
"Do Your Bit" (1915) was performed by the popular baritone Hugh Ruthven MacDonald

Gordon Vincent Thompson (1888–1965) was a Canadian composer of patriotic and religious songs. He founded the Thompson Publishing Company in 1911 and the Authors and Composers Association of Canada in 1918. He then sold his business to Leo Feist and worked for them until 1932 when he started his own company again – Gordon V. Thompson Ltd. (The second company was acquired by Warner Chappell Music in 1990.)

His work included:

  • "When Jack Comes Back" (1915)
  • "Where Is My Boy Tonight?" (1915)
  • "Red Cross Nell and Khaki Jim" (1916)
  • "When We Wind Up the Watch on the Rhine" (1917)
  • "Heroes of the Flag (the New Veteran’s Song)" (1917)
  • "For the Glory of the Grand Old Flag" (1918)
  • "You Are Welcome Back at Home, Sweet Home" (1919)
  • "Quintuplets' Lullaby" (1935)
  • "In an Eastern Canadian Port" (1944)
  • "Jesus is Lord" (1956)

References

  1. Jane Leslie King (1984), The Life and Contribution of Gordon V. Thompson, University of Western Ontario
  2. ^ Helmut Kallmann (29 July 2007), "Gordon V. Thompson", The Canadian Encyclopedia
  3. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gordon-v-thompson-music-emc
  4. Graham Chandler (18 March 2019), "Songs from the patriotic heart", Legion Magazine
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