Sid Kuller

Prolific lyricist ("The Tenement Symphony", songwriter and author, educated at Columbia University. He came to California in 1937 to work in films, and served in the United States Air Force during World War II, where he wrote music for training and combat films. After the war, he wrote special material for night club singers and later for television, as well as songs and music for "earl Carroll's Vanities", "Meet the People" and "The Big Store", plus the stage scores for "Jump For Joy" and "Zenda". Joining ASCAP in 1942, his chief musical collaborators included Hal Borne, Ray Golden and Duke Ellington, and his other popular-song compositions included "Walk It Off", "I Wish I Wuz", "Elmer's Wedding Day", "My Favorite Song", "Wishful Thinking", "I Wanna Foof on a Fife", "Bli-Blip", "Nothin'", "The Jittarumba", "While We Dance", and more.