Biography

Songwriter ("Tenderly"), composer, pianist, conductor, author and publisher, educated in high school and in private music study. At age ten, he gave his first piano recital, and later he was a pianist with the orchestras of Paul Whiteman, Andre Kostelanetz and Tommy Dorsey in concert and on radio. He served in the US Army during World War II and conducted radio programs for the ATC. Later he became the music director for CBS and Musicraft records, and for Gordon MacRae, Sarah Vaughn, Mel Torme, Frank Sinatra and Buddy Clark, and was president of Interlude Music. Joining ASCAP in 1943, his chief musical collaborators were Jack Lawrence, Carl Sigman, Ned Washington, Raymond Klages and Bobby Troup. His other popular-song and instrumental compositions include "Your Love", "To Be Worthy of You", "I'm In a Fog About You", "Just a Moon Ago", "Improvisation in Several Keys", "Creepy Weepy", "A Slight Case of Ivory", "Please Remember", "How Will I Remember You?", and "Mexican Moon".