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Pianist, songwriter ("China Boy," "Blue Dawn"), composer, author, and conductor, trained at the Philadelphia Music Academy. He served as pianist and arranger for the Paul Whiteman orchestra and was a military bandmaster during World War I. Later, he worked as music director for Paramount Pictures and United Artists Studios, composing for films often without credit. He joined ASCAP in 1930, collaborating primarily with Ned Washington, Dick Winfree, Harry Tobias, Rubey Cowan, Foster Carling, and Al Dubin. His other song compositions include "Lonesome," "Little Doll," "The Man With the Big Sombrero," "Teton Mountain Stomp," "Star of Hope," "I Loved You Too Little," "I Love You, Believe Me I Love You," "Hippy Happy Henny," and "Monna Vanna.
