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Date of Birth

27 December 1902, New York City, New York, USA

Date of Death

2 April 1982, Bronxville, New York, USA

Mini Biography

Academy Award-winning producer, songwriter ("Everybody Loves Somebody", "My Old Flame", "Sing You Sinners", "Cocktails for Two"), composer, publisher and author, educated at Erasmus Hall High School. He co-founded Spier & Coslow, Inc.

His Broadway stage credits include the score for "Artists and Models". He co-founded the "Soundie" industry, and produced these film shorts of which "Heavenly Music" (1943) was awarded an Oscar. Traveling to London in 1954, he wrote for film and stage musicals. He joined ASCAP in 1923. (One of his non-musical publications was "Technical Stock Reports".) His chief musical collaborators included Sammy Fain, Arthur Johnston, Ralph Rainger, Sigmund Romberg, James Van Heusen, Richard Whiting, Harry Woods, Burton Lane, Hoagy Carmichael, Frederick Hollander, Irving Taylor, and J. Fred Coots.

His other popular-song compositions include "True Blue Lou", "Just One More Chance", "Thanks", "Down the Old Ox Road", "Moon Song", "Learn to Croon", "The Day You Came Along", "This Little Piggie Went to Market", "Make Believe Island", "Have You Forgotten So Soon?", "Ebony Rhapsody", "Black Moonlight", "Blue Mirage", "Moonstruck", "Troubled Waters", "I Want a New Romance", "Kinda Lonesome", "True Confession", "Sweeping the Clouds Away", "A Little White Gardenia", "Mr. Paganini", "Dreaming Out Loud", "I'm In Love With the Honorable Mr. So-and-So", "It's Love Again", "Kitten on the Keys", "Was It A Dream", "Texas Ranger", "One Kiss Away From Heaven", "Live and Love Tonight", "Good Morning", "Grieving For You", "Our Dream Waltz", "Animal Crackers", "In the Middle of a Kiss", "Beware My Heart", "Bebe, Be Mine", "Je Vous Aime", "Tomorrow Night" and "Heavenly Music".

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Spouse

Esther Muir

(1933 - 1948) 1 child

Trivia

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

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