{{short description|American songwriter}} '''Dick Charles''' (born '''Richard Charles Krieg'''; February 24, 1919 in Newark, New Jersey – July 17, 1998)<ref name="FamilySearch-Richard Charles Krieg Florida death cert 1998 Jul 17" /> was an American songwriter.
== Career == His education ended with high school graduation, after which he worked in a Newark photography store as a clerk while engaged in piano playing, arranging, harmony, and composition. During that period he sang in a number of amateur contests. He then became a page at NBC Studios in New York City.<ref name="ASCAP-Bios 1952 2th ed" /> Besides being a songwriter, he served as a director of ABC Radio for ten years, produced and directed the Paul Whiteman radio program, and was responsible for creating a number of network programs.<ref>[http://imdb.com/name/nm0153015/bio Dick Charles] on the Internet Movie Database</ref> In 1954 he started his own recording service – Dick Charles Recording Service Inc.
== Selected works == Among the songs he has written are: *"As the World Turns" (1961) with Fay Tishman - used for one season as the theme song for the TV show ''As the World Turns'' *"Along the Navajo Trail" (1945) with Larry Markes and Edgar De Lange *"Casanova Cricket " (1947) with Hoagy Carmichael and Larry Markes *"Corns For My Country" (1944) with Leah Worth and Jean Barry *"I'm on the Level With You " (1945) with Eddie Waldman *"I Tipped My Hat and Slowly Walked Away" (1946) with Larry Markes *"It Takes a Long, Long Train (With a Red Caboose" (1946) with Larry Markes *"Mad About Him, Sad About Him, How Can I Be Glad About Him Blues" (1942) with Larry Markes *"The Man on the Carousel" (Unknown year) with James Cavanaugh, Jack Allison and Virgil Davis *"May You Always" (1957) with Larry Markes<ref>On p. 1 of the 1958 Standard Edition score (New York: Hecht & Buzzell) of "May You Always" Markes is credited as Larry Marks (without the "e").</ref> *"A Nightingale Can Sing the Blues" (1946) with Larry Markes *"This Is My Song" (1950) - Theme song of the TV show ''The Patti Page Show'' * "Serenade to Spring," with Gloria Regney (1954) * "If Anything Should Happen to You," w&m co-written with Fred Ebb (1955); {{oclc|498329339}}
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<ref name="FamilySearch-Richard Charles Krieg Florida death cert 1998 Jul 17">{{cite web|title=Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VV6Y-39S|publisher=FamilySearch|accessdate=14 August 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="ASCAP-Bios 1952 2th ed">''The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary of Composers, Authors and Publishers'' (2nd ed.), Daniel I. McNamara (ed.); American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Thomas Y. Crowell (1952); {{oclc|377472}}<div style="margin-left:2em">[http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/music-search/music-songs-composers%20-%200181.htm "Charles, Dick (Richard Charles Krieg),"] pg. 81</div>(retrieved ''via'' {{URL|http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/}})</ref>
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