Songwriter Tom Adair worked with
James B. Allardice in the early
1960s. They first met while working on
The Ann Sothern Show (1958);
he wrote the music while Allardice was a writer on the show. Adair also
wrote the music and Allardine wrote scripts for
Hazel (1961); however, they also
collaborated in the writing on two episodes of the series: "A
Replacement For Phoebe" (which aired on 10/2/61) and "Harold's Good
Fortune" (which aired on 11/30/61). Later the two collaborated on many
other shows, including
Meine drei Söhne (1960),
F Troop (1965),
Bezaubernde Jeannie (1965)
and Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964).
After the death of Allardice in 1966, Adair stopped writing sitcoms. He
wrote many hit songs, including "Let's Get Away From It All",
"Everything Happens To Me", "In The Blue of Evening", "Will You Still
Be Mine?", "Violets for Your Furs", "The Night We Called It A Day",
"The Skyscraper Blues", "A Home-Sweet-Home In The Army", "How Will I
Know My Love?", "Sing A Smiling Song", "Paul Bunyan", "There's No You",
and "Weep No More".
He was educated at Los Angeles Junior College, and wrote for a number
of radio shows, including "Duffy's Tavern", plus music for
Bing Crosby,
Tommy Dorsey and
Dinah Shore. He did the score for the
Broadway show "Along Fifth Avenue". His chief collaborators were Matt
Dennis and Gordon Jenkins. He also wrote special music for nightclubs
and revues.
