Raymond B. Egan

Raymond Blanning Egan (November 14, 1890 – October 13, 1952) was a Canadian-born American songwriter who contributed to popular music, Broadway, and film during the first half of the twentieth century. Born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, he relocated with his family to the United States in 1892, settling in Michigan, where he later attended the University of Michigan.

Egan began his working life as a bank clerk before transitioning to a staff writing position at Grinnell's Music Co. in Detroit. From the 1910s onward, he developed a prolific songwriting partnership with composer Richard A. Whiting, producing a body of popular songs that included "Till We Meet Again," "The Japanese Sandman," and "Ain't We Got Fun." Beyond his work with Whiting, Egan also collaborated with Walter Donaldson, Ted Fiorito, Harry Tierney, and Gus Kahn.

His Broadway credits spanned both book musicals and revues. He contributed songs to Robinson Crusoe, Jr., Silks and Satins, the musical Holka Polka, the revue Toot Sweet, and Earl Carroll's Sketch Book of 1935. Egan also wrote material for Vaudeville acts throughout his career.

His songs reached film audiences as well, appearing in Paramount on Parade, Red-Headed Woman, The Prizefighter and the Lady, and MGM's 1932 production Lord Byron of Broadway. His song "I Never Knew" was included on Judy Garland's 1950 Second Souvenir Album. Posthumously, a composition he co-wrote with Whiting, "Hand in Hand Again," was remixed and covered by the dark ambient band Midnight Syndicate on their 2005 album The 13th Hour.

Egan died in Westport, Connecticut, on October 13, 1952, at the age of 61. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.