Songwriter ("Unforgettable"), composer and author. He joined ASCAP in
1939 and his chief musical collaborators included Duke Ellington, Allan
Roberts, Al Kaufman, and Jack Lawrence. His other popular-song
compositions include "Mister and Mississippi", "Delaware", "Me, Myself
and I", "What Will I Tell My Heart?", "Moments in the Moonlight", "The
Band Played On and On", "Stevedore's Serenade", "Gypsy Without a Song",
"Pyramid", "Prelude to a Kiss", " When?", "Nine Little Broken Hearts",
"All Dressed Up to Smile", "Save a Little Sunbeam", "Mama From the
Train", "Be Anything (But Be Mine)", "Two Brothers" and "The Kentuckian
Song".
