Songwriter ("New York, New York", "The Party's Over", "Just in Time", "Make Someone Happy"), author and actor, educated at City College of New York. While he was a student, he acted with the Washington Square Players and had a part in the road company of "Having a Wonderful Time". A member of The Revuers...See full bio »
1994That's Entertainment! III
(documentary)
(lyrics: "On the Town" 1944 - uncredited, "Baby, You Knock Me Out" 1955 - uncredited, "Thanks a Lot, but No Thanks" 1955 - uncredited)
1960Bells Are Ringing
(lyrics: "Bells Are Ringing" 1956 - uncredited, "It's a Perfect Relationship" 1956 - uncredited, "Do It Yourself" 1956 - uncredited, "It's a Simple Little System" 1956 - uncredited, "Better Than a Dream" 1956 - uncredited, "I Met a Girl" 1956 - uncredited, "I Love Your Sunny Teeth" 1956 - uncredited, "Oh How It Hurts" 1956 - uncredited, "Hot and Cold" 1956 - uncredited, "Mu Cha Cha" 1956 - uncredited, "Just In Time" 1956 - uncredited, "Drop That Name" 1956 - uncredited, "The Party's Over" 1956 - uncredited, "The Midas Touch" 1956 - uncredited, "I'm Going Back" 1956 - uncredited)
1958Wonderful Town
(TV movie)
(lyrics: "Christopher Street", "Ohio", "One Hundred Easy Ways", "What a Waste", "A Little Bit in Love", "Conversation Piece", "A Quiet Girl", "Conga!", "My Darlin' Eileen", "Swing!", "It's Love", "Wrong Note Rag", "Finale: It's Love reprise")
1957Designing Woman
(lyrics: "Music Is Better than Words" - uncredited)
1955It's Always Fair Weather
(lyrics: "March, March" 1955 - uncredited, "The Time for Parting" 1955 - uncredited, "Once Upon a Time" 1955 - uncredited, "Thanks a Lot, but No Thanks" 1955 - uncredited, "I Shouldn't Have Come" 1955 - uncredited, "Music Is Better Than Words" 1955 - uncredited, "Saturation-Wise" 1955 - uncredited, "I Like Myself" 1955 - uncredited, "Stillman's Gym" 1955 - uncredited, "Baby, You Knock Me Out" 1955 - uncredited)
1949On the Town
(lyrics: "New York, New York", "Come Up to My Place", "I Feel Like I'm Not Out of Bed Yet" - uncredited, "Prehistoric Man" - uncredited, "Main Street" - uncredited, "You're Awful" - uncredited, "On the Town" - uncredited, "Count on Me" - uncredited, "That's All There Is, Folks" - uncredited)
1949Take Me Out to the Ball Game
(lyrics: "Yes, Indeedy" - uncredited, "O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg" - uncredited, "The Right Girl for Me" - uncredited, "It's Fate Baby, It's Fate" - uncredited)
1947Good News
(writer: "The French Lesson" - uncredited)
1994That's Entertainment! III
(documentary)
(grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists / to the music arrangers and orchestrators)
Bells Are Ringing (1956). Musical comedy. Material adaption by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Music by Jule Styne. Musical Director: Milton Rosenstock. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Vocal arrangements and direction by Herbert Greene and Buster Davis...
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[To Louis B. Mayer, who had mused wistfully 'Whatever happened to the songs of yesteryear?'] I don't know, I don't know, where did I put them? Betty, Andre, where did we put those songs of yesteryear? Can you remember?' [Running around, looking in drawers] 'Didn't we put them somewhere here?'
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Trivia:
Won seven Tony Awards, always with collaborator Betty Comden: in 1953, lyrics as part of Best Musical win for "Wonderful Town;" in 1968, as Best Composer and Lyricist, with Jule Styne, and lyrics as part of Best Musical win for "Hallelujah, Baby!;" in 1970, book as part of Best Musical win for "Applause;" in 1978...
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