Biografi
A prolific composer ("Manhattan Tower"), songwriter ("Goodbye"), conductor, arranger, and author, he was educated in public schools before working as a banjoist in orchestras and on radio in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1938, he moved to Hollywood to become the music director for NBC and composed scores for films, radio, and nightclub revues. He conducted and arranged the Broadway musical "The Show Is On" and composed the Broadway score for "Along Fifth Avenue." Joining ASCAP in 1935, his other well-known songs include "Blue Prelude," "You Have Taken My Heart," "When a Woman Loves a Man," "P.S. I Love You," "Blue Evening," "Ev'ry Time," "Maybe She'll Remember," "Saddest Man in Town," "San Fernando Valley," "When You Climb Those Golden Stairs," "Homesick, That's All," "Goin' Back to Brooklyn," "Married I Can Always Get," "Daylight Savings Blues," "The Man Who Loves Manhattan," "Once to Every Heart," "How Old Am I?," and "This Is All I Ask.
