Irving King

Pseudonym used by the British songwriting duo [a=James Campbell] and [a=Reginald Connelly].

Under the pseudonym Irving King, Campbell and Connelly published their first hit, "Show Me The Way To Go Home," in 1925. It sold 2 million copies of sheet music copies in its first year. This was followed by two minor successes, "Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick, Chicken (Lay A Little Egg For Me)" (1925, with Fred Holt and Thomas McGhee), and "Bah, Bah, Bah, Bartholomew" (1925, with Harry Melcliffe), and another great hit, "The More We Are Together" (1926).