- Closely associated with early 30s Warner Bros. musicals, he ranks as one of the most prolific and successful songwriters in the history of American pop music, his many hits include: "Where Do You Work-a, John?", "Nagasaki", "You're Getting to be a Habit with Me", "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Lullabye of Broadway", "Shadow Waltz", "Young and Healthy", "Forty Second Street", "About a Quarter to Nine", "At Last", "I Had the Craziest Dream", "The More I See You", "There Will Never Be Another You" and the Glenn Miller hit favorite, "Chattanooga Choo-Choo".
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971.
- He was interred in the Sanctuary of Tenderness at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, beside his wife and son.
- Julia Riva is his granddaughter. She is the President of Warren's publishing company, "Four Jays Music". Ms. Riva is the former Mrs. J. Michael Riva, Marlene Dietrich's grandson.
- He had two children with his wife, Josephine: son, Harry Warren, Jr. (born in 1919; died in 1938 from complications from pneumonia); and daughter, Joan (born in 1924; died in 1991).
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 842-844. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
- Mentioned in The $99,000 Answer (1956).
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