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Date of Birth

15 June 1913, Newton, Kansas, USA

Date of Death

24 May 1988, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (Alzheimers disease)

Birth Name

Thomas Montgomery Adair

Mini Biography

Worked with James B. Allardice in the early 60s. They first met while working on "The Ann Sothern Show" (1958) he wrote the music while Allardice was a writer on the show. Adair also wrote the music and Allardine wrote scripts for the sit-com, "Hazel" (1961); however, they also collaborated in the writing on two episodes of "Hazel": "A Replacement For Phoebe" (which aired on 10/2/61) and "Harold's Good Fortune" (which aired on 11/30/61). Later the two collaborated on many other shows, including "My Three Sons", "F Troop,", "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Gomer Pyle". After the death of Allardice in 1966, Adair stopped writing sit-coms.

He wrote many hit songs, including "Let's Get Away From It All", "Everything Happens To Me", "In The Blue of Evening", "Will You Still Be Mine?", "Violets for Your Furs", "The Night We Called It A Day", "The Skyscraper Blues", "A Home-Sweet-Home In The Army", "How Will I Know My Love?", "Sing A Smiling Song", "Paul Bunyan", "There's No You", and "Weep No More".

He was educated at Los Angeles Junior College, and wrote for a number of radio shows, including "Duffy's Tavern", plus music for Bing Crosby, Tommy Dorsey, and Dinah Shore. He did the Broadway stage score for "Along Fifth Avenue". Chief collaborators were Matt Dennis and Gordon Jenkins. He also wrote special music for night clubs and revues.

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Spouse

Frances Jeffords

(1949 - 1988) (his death)

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