Fred W. Leigh

Aliases: Fred W Leigh
Real name: William Frederick Bridger
Born: 1869
Died: August 21, 1924
Country: United Kingdom
IPI: 00017718286 7 works
Comments: Music hall composer from the early 1900s, whose hits included 'The Galloping Major', Poor John' and 'Waiting at the Church'/ Originally an errand boy for 'Punch' magazine, he joined the staff of music publishers Francis, Day and Hunter as literary editor, a post he held until his death.
During his career he wrote songs with Kenneth Lyle, George Arthurs and Charles Collins

Songs written by Fred W. Leigh

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
A Little Bit off the Top	Fred Murray, Fred W. Leigh	Will F. Denny	April 1900	Covered by (2 artists)
‘Arry ‘Arry ‘Arry	Fred Murray, Fred W. Leigh, George le Brunn			Covered by (3 artists)
Captain Ginjah	Fred W. Leigh	Jack Charman	1910	Covered by (5 artists)
Don't Dilly Dally on the Way	Dick Manning, Fred W. Leigh, Charles Collins [GB2]			Covered by (43 artists)
Galloping Major	Fred W. Leigh, George Bastow	Sidney Torch and His Orchestra	1951	Covered by (4 artists)
He's Going There Every Night	Fred Murray, Fred W. Leigh			Covered by (2 artists)
Little of What You Fancy Does You Good	Fred W. Leigh, George Arthurs	Miss Marie Lloyd	September 1915	Covered by (4 artists)
Poor John	Henry E. Pether, Fred W. Leigh			Covered by (3 artists)
The Army of Today's All Right	Fred W. Leigh, Kenneth Nelson [GB], Vesta Tilley	Miss Vesta Tilley	1915	Covered by Reginald Dixon
Waiting at the Church	Henry E. Pether, Fred W. Leigh	Miss Ada Jones	April 19, 1906	Covered by (20 artists)