Biography

Songwriter ("Me and My Shadow", "You Can't Be True, Dear", "Honey Babe", "Cecilia"), composer, author, pianist and publisher, and an accompanist for Al Jolson, Sophie Tucker, Belle Baker, and Frank Fay. He was a pianist for a music publishing company and staff pianist for the Irving Berlin Music Company in 1923 (where he became manager in 1941). Between 1929 and 1940, he wrote film scores, and headed the music department at RKO Radio Pictures. In 1947, he founded his own music publishing firm. Joining ASCAP in 1925, his chief musical collaborators included Billy Rose, Ballard Macdonald, and Herman Ruby. His other popular-song compositions include "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder", "Back in Your Own Back Yard", "Four Walls", "Golden Gate", "In a Little Second Hand Store", "Wabash Moon", "I'm Following You", "I Wanna Sing About You", "I'm Keeping Company", "The Wall", "Next Stop Paradise", "Hold My Hand", and "What Am I Supposed to Do?".
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Songwriter whose compositions include "Me And My Shadow", "Back In Your Own Back Yard, " and "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder."

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.