A composer, conductor, and arranger, he also directed and composed for
TV stars including Mary Martin, Jimmy Durante, Celeste Holm, Milton
Berle and Maurice Chevalier. He worked with Lew Brown, Frank Loesser,
Ruth Aarons and Edgar DeLange. He conducted the orchestras for
Broadway's "Guys and Dolls", "Along Fifth Avenue", and "Ballet de
Paris", and composed the Broadway stage scores for "Sleepy Hollow", and
"The Illustrators' Show". His songs include "A Trip in Tipperary",
"Bang- The Bell Rang", "Wild Trumpets and Crazy Piano", "You Took Me
Out of This World", "Who's Got A Match?", "April Can't Do This to Me",
"La Pintada", "The Sky Ran Out of Stars", "Cupid's After Me", and "A
Hundred Kisses From Now".
