Composer, author, songwriter ("Sam's Song", "It's So Nice to Have a Man
Around the House", "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning") and singer,
educated in high school and then a singer in vaudeville, night clubs,
theatres and radio. In 1939, he worked as a reporter for the Chicago
'Variety'. Joining ASCAP in 1945, his chief musical collaborators
included Lew Quadling, Harold Spina, and Victor Young. His other
popular-song compositions include "Do You Care?", "Ivory Rag", "The
Pansy", "Sugar Coated Lies", "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed", "Our Very Own",
"A Weaver of Dreams", and "Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom".
