Songwriter and composer remembered for his contributions to Broadway and Hollywood, among the dozens of which were 'Guys and Dolls' and 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'.See full bio »
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My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs
(2001)
(music: "Guys and Dolls", "Sue Me", "Standing on the Corner" / lyrics: "Guys and Dolls", "Sue Me", "Standing on the Corner")
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A Star Is Born?
(1967)
(music: "No Two People" - uncredited / lyrics: "No Two People" - uncredited)
1969Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway
(TV movie)
(music: "The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York" / lyrics: "The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York")
1967How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
(writer: "How To" - uncredited, "The Company Way" - uncredited, "A Secretary Is Not a Toy" - uncredited, "Been a Long Day" - uncredited, "I Believe in You" - uncredited, "Grand Old Ivy" - uncredited, "Rosemary" - uncredited, "Brotherhood of Man" - uncredited, "Gotta Stop That Man" - uncredited)
1955Guys and Dolls
(music: "Guys and Dolls" 1950 - uncredited, "A Woman in Love" 1950 - uncredited, "Overture" 1950 - uncredited, "Fugue for Tinhorns" 1950 - uncredited, "Follow the Fold" 1950 - uncredited, "The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game" 1950 - uncredited, "I'll Know" 1950 - uncredited, "Pet Me Poppa" 1955 - uncredited, "I've Never Been In Love Before" 1950 - uncredited, "Adelaide's Lament" 1950 - uncredited, "Adelaide" 1955 - uncredited, "If I Were a Bell" 1950 - uncredited, "My Time of Day" 1950/"A Bushel And A Peck" 1950 - uncredited, "Take Back Your Mink" 1950 - uncredited, "Luck Be a Lady" 1950 - uncredited, "Sue Me" 1950 - uncredited, "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat" 1950 - uncredited, "Exit Music" 1955 - uncredited / lyrics: "Guys and Dolls" 1950 - uncredited, "A Woman in Love" 1950 - uncredited, "Overture" 1950 - uncredited, "Fugue for Tinhorns" 1950 - uncredited, "Follow the Fold" 1950 - uncredited, "The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game" 1950 - uncredited, "I'll Know" 1950 - uncredited, "Pet Me Poppa" 1955 - uncredited, "I've Never Been In Love Before" 1950 - uncredited, "Adelaide's Lament" 1950 - uncredited, "Adelaide" 1955 - uncredited, "If I Were a Bell" 1950 - uncredited, "My Time of Day" 1950/"A Bushel And A Peck" 1950 - uncredited, "Take Back Your Mink" 1950 - uncredited, "Luck Be a Lady" 1950 - uncredited, "Sue Me" 1950 - uncredited, "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat" 1950 - uncredited, "Exit Music" 1955 - uncredited)
1952Hans Christian Andersen
(music: "The King's New Clothes" 1952 - uncredited, "Inchworm" 1952 - uncredited, "I'm Hans Christian Andersen" 1952 - uncredited, "Wonderful Copenhagen" 1952 - uncredited, "Thumbelina" 1952 - uncredited, "Dream Ballet" 1952 - uncredited, "The Ugly Duckling" 1952 - uncredited, "Anywhere I Wander" 1952 - uncredited, "Fantasy Wedding Sequence" 1952 - uncredited, "No Two People" 1952 - uncredited / lyrics: "The King's New Clothes" 1952 - uncredited, "Inchworm" 1952 - uncredited, "I'm Hans Christian Andersen" 1952 - uncredited, "Wonderful Copenhagen" 1952 - uncredited, "Thumbelina" 1952 - uncredited, "The Ugly Duckling" 1952 - uncredited, "Anywhere I Wander" 1952 - uncredited, "Fantasy Wedding Sequence" 1952 - uncredited, "No Two People" 1952 - uncredited)
1952Son of Paleface
(writer: "I've Got Spurs that Jingle Jangle Jingle" - uncredited)
1952Where's Charley?
(writer: "MAKE A MIRACLE", "THE NEW ASHMOLEAN MARCHING SOCIETY AND STUDENTS' CONSERVATORY BAND", "MY DARLING, MY DARLING", "ONCE IN LOVE WITH AMY", "AT THE RED ROSE COTILLON", "BETTER GET OUT OF HERE")
1949Red, Hot and Blue
(writer: "THAT'S LOYALTY" - uncredited, "I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING FEELING FINE" - uncredited, "HAMLET" - uncredited, "NOW THAT I NEED YOU" - uncredited)
1947The Perils of Pauline
(writer: "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" 1947 - uncredited, "The Sewing Machine" 1947 - uncredited, "Rumble, Rumble, Rumble" 1947 - uncredited, "Poppa, Don't Preach To Me" 1947 - uncredited)
1943Thank Your Lucky Stars
(lyrics: "Thank Your Lucky Stars" 1943 - uncredited, "I'm Riding for a Fall" 1943 - uncredited, "We're Staying Home Tonight" 1943 - uncredited, "Way Up North" 1943 - uncredited, "Love Isn't Born It's Made" 1943 - uncredited, "No You, No Me" 1943 - uncredited, "The Dreamer" 1943 - uncredited, "Ice Cold Katy" 1943 - uncredited, "How Sweet You Are" 1943 - uncredited, "That's What You Jolly Well Get" 1943 - uncredited, "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" 1943 - uncredited, "Good Night, Good Neighbor" 1943 - uncredited)
1942This Gun for Hire
(lyrics: "I've Got You" 1942 - uncredited, "Now You See It, Now You Don't" 1942 - uncredited)
1942Seven Days' Leave
(lyrics: "Please Won't You Leave My Girl Alone" 1942, "Can't Get Out of This Mood" 1942, "You Speak My Language" 1942, "A Touch of Texas" 1942, "Soft Hearted" 1942, "I Get the Neck of the Chicken" 1942, "Puerto Rico" 1942)
1942Reap the Wild Wind
(lyrics: "Sea Chantey The Nellie B" 1942 - uncredited)
1942True to the Army
(lyrics: "Spangles On My Tights", "Wacky For Khaki", "Jitterbug's Lullaby", "Need I Speak", "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" - uncredited)
1941Manpower
(lyrics: "He Lied and I Listened" 1941, "I'm in No Mood for Music Tonight" 1941 - uncredited)
1941Mr. Bug Goes to Town
("We're the Couple in the Castle" 1941, "Katy Did, Katy Didn't" 1941, "I'll Dance at Your Wedding Honey Dear" 1941, "Boy Oh Boy" 1941)
1941Glamour Boy
(lyrics: "Love Is An Old Fashioned Thing", "The Magic of Magnolias")
1941Burma Convoy
(lyrics: "You've Got That Look That Leaves Me Weak")
1941Sailors on Leave
(lyrics: "How Ya Sailor", "Since You", "Sentimental Folks", "When a Sailor Goes Ashore", "I'm Proud I'm a Navy Man", "Finale", "Sextette" - uncredited)
1941Las Vegas Nights
(lyrics: "Dolores" - uncredited, "I Gotta Ride", "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary")
1940Seven Sinners
(lyrics: "I've Been in Love Before" 1940, "I Fall Overboard" 1940, "The Man's in the Navy" 1940)
1940Johnny Apollo
(lyrics: "Dancing for Nickels and Dimes" 1940, "Your Kiss" 1940 - uncredited)
1940Moon Over Burma
(lyrics: "MOON OVER BURMA", "Mexican Magic")
1940A Night at Earl Carroll's
(music: "I Wanna Make With the Happy Times" - uncredited / lyrics: "Li'l Boy Love" - uncredited, "I Wanna Make With the Happy Times" - uncredited)
1940Dancing on a Dime
(lyrics: "Dancing on a Dime", "I Hear Music", "Manana", "Lovable Sort of Person", "Debutante Number One")
1940North West Mounted Police
(writer: "DOES THE MOON SHINE THROUGH THE LONESOME PINE?" - uncredited)
1940The Quarterback
(lyrics: "Out with Your Chest, In with Your Chin")
1939Destry Rides Again
(lyrics: "See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have" 1939 - uncredited, "You've Got That Look" 1939 - uncredited, "Little Joe, the Wrangler" 1939 - uncredited)
1939The Llano Kid
(writer: "Starry Eyes", "El Huapango" / lyrics: "El capotin")
1939Hawaiian Nights
(writer: "Hawaii Sing Me to Sleep", "Hey, Good Lookin'!", "I Found My Love", "Then I Wrote The Minuet in G")
1939Beau Geste
(lyrics: "The Legionnaire's Song" - uncredited)
1939Man About Town
(lyrics: "THAT SENTIMENTAL SANDWICH", "FIDGETY JOE", "STRANGE ENCHANTMENT")
1938College Swing
(lyrics: "Moments Like This", "I Fall In Love With You Every Day", "College Swing", "How'dja Like To Love Me", "What Did Romeo Say To Juliet?", "What A Rumba Does To Romance", "You're A Natural")
1937Vogues of 1938
(lyrics: "Lovely One" 1937 - uncredited)
[advice to young songwriters] Remember, a song is like a freight train moving across a stage. Every boxcar has a word on it. Those people have to hear everything and understand it - fast, because in a minute the car will be gone and they'll never see it again. Make them listen and then lay it in their laps.
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Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
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