- Composer ("American Salute", "Pavanne"), conductor, pianist and arranger, educated at New York University and a music student of Abby Whiteside and Vincent Jones. At six, he had his first composition published ("Just Six"), and thereafter concertized until age 17. He was a staff arranger for Radio City Music Hall, and later a staff member at NBC. He was a guest conductor for several symphony orchestras. His Broadway stage scores include "Billion Dollar Baby" and "Arms and the Girl". He conducted his own orchestra on many recordings. Joining ASCAP in 1936, he became an ASVCAP director in 1959. His chief musical collaborators included Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Dorothy Fields. His other popular songs and instrumentals include "Tropical", "Guaracha", "Bad Timing", "Nothin' for Nothin'", and "There Must Be Something Better than Love".
- IMDb mini biography by: Hup234!
- SpousesShirley Bank(1944 - ?) (divorced, 4 children)Shirley Uzin(1936 - 1943) (divorced)
- Won 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Music
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6533 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 242-243. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- For many decades Gould was an active member of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers). He sat on its board from 1959 and served as president from 1986 until 1994. During his tenure, he lobbied for the intellectual rights of performing artists as the internet was becoming a force that would greatly affect ASCAP's members.
- Gould studied at the Institute of Musical Art in New York. His most important teachers were Abby Whiteside and Vincent Jones.
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