Biography

Composer, songwriter ("Dream a Little Dream of Me"), conductor and arranger, educated at St. Joseph's College and Marquette University. He served in the US Army during World War II. He studied music with Joseph Schillinger and Carl Eppert, and he arranged for dance orchestras on NBC in Chicago, and also led his own orchestra, making many records. His specialty was Latin-American music. In 1941, he joined ASCAP, and composed several popular-music tunes including "From Me to You"; "When They Played the Polka"; "Antonio"; "A Windy Day on the Outer Drive"; "Pedigree on Pomander Walk"; "The Maid With the Slight Swiss Accent"; and "The Man Who Came to Rhumba". Also, "Lullaby for Latins".
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It is an often-repeated story that Michelle Phillips had known Andre when she was a little girl, and it was learning of his death, from falling down an elevator shaft, that reminded her of the song "Dream a Little Dream," and inspired Cass Elliot to record the song for their group "The Mamas and the Papas." But in fact Andre died in 1960, eight years before they recorded the song, and he didn't die in a fall, he was found dead in his hotel room in Mexico City, and his death was attributed to natural causes.