Duke Morgan

American songwriter and bassist. He was the second black to become a member of ASCAP. Among his compositions was "Kiss My Baby On The Down Beat", co-written with his wife Jessica (she did lyrics), which helped launch the boogie-woogie craze in the 1940s. Morgan was also a former president of the Philadelphia Songwriters Association. Born: c 1909 Died May 21,1985 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.