Timeline
| 1894 | August 15 - Harry Akst is born in New York City |
| 1916 | Enlists in the US Army where he befriends another young composer, Irving Berlin. The two would write a #2 hit song inspired by their Army days, HOME AGAIN BLUES |
| 1923 | Paul Whiteman's recording of DEAREST (YOU'RE THE NEAREST TO MY HEART) reaches #4 on the Billboard charts |
| 1924 | Ted Weems has a #4 hit with his recording of A SMILE WILL GO A LONG, LONG WAY |
| 1926 | Jan Garber's recording of BABY FACE reaches #1 on the Billboard Charts |
| 1926 | DINAH reaches #2 on the pop charts with a recording by Ethel Waters |
| 1927 | November 15 - Artists and Models opens on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theater |
| 1928 | Moves from New York City to Hollywoode to work on film musicals. |
| 1929 | AM I BLUE? Hits #1 on the Billboard charts with a recording by Ethel Waters |
| 1929 | Ethel Waters recording of BIRMINGHAM BERTHA reaches the top twenty on the Billboard charts |
| 1930 | Ted Lewis' cover recording of the 1926 hit song DINAH reaches the top ten on the pop charts |
| 1931 | Ruth Etting hits #4 on the pop charts with her recording of GUILTY |
| 1932 | DINAH reaches the top spot on the Billboard charts twice with separate recordings by Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers |
| 1932 | WHAT A PERFECT COMBINATION is a top ten hit on the Billboard charts with a recording by Eddie Cantor |
| 1935 | The Boswell Sisters cover recording of DINAH hits #3 on the Billboard charts |
| 1936 | DINAH reaches the top ten again with a recording by Fats Waller |
| 1941 | Joins the war effort as an accompaniest and bandleader for Al Jolson's overseas rout |
| 1947 | Sammy Kaye and Dinah Shore reach the top twenty separately with recordings of THE EGG AND I |
| 1947 | Margaret Whiting hits the top five on the Billboard charts with a cover recording of GUILTY |
| 1948 | Art Mooney's cover recording of the 1926 hit song BABY FACE reaches #3 on the Billboard charts |
| 1963 | Harry Akst dies in Hollywood California |