Dave Franklin (September 28, 1895 – February 2, 1970)[1] was an accomplished American songwriter and pianist.
A member of Tin Pan Alley, Franklin co-wrote "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", which was adopted as the theme song to the Looney Tunes cartoon series.
His other collaborators included Al Dubin, Isham Jones, Irving Taylor.
According to The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900–1950, by Roger Kinkle, he left school at 13 to work as a pianist in a publishing house.
Some of his songs were recorded by Glen Gray, Isham Jones, Guy Lombardo and Frankie Trumbauer.