James Spiers Kerr was a Scottish music publisher.
Career
Kerr Music Corporation Limited was founded in 1952. It publishes several vintage titles under the names of the original publishers: James S. Kerr, Mozart Allan, and Bayley and Ferguson. Current titles include Kerr’s Merry Melodies and Skinner’s Scottish Violinist. It is listed at the 79 Berkeley Street address.
In 1952 the company published the most famous song about Aberdeen, "The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen" (as sung by Robert Wilson). This song was composed in 1952 by Mel and Mary Webb who were English and had never visited Aberdeen.
References
External links
http://www.nigelgatherer.com/books/kerr/kcal.html
http://www.dustymusic.com/sheetinfo.php?id=1200
Music publishers (people) Scottish writers about music Year of birth missing Place of birth missing Year of death missing Place of death missing