Arthur Hamilton(1926-2025)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("Cry Me a River"), composer, author and publisher, the son
of Jack Stern. His songs were recorded by such popular singers as Peggy
King and Julie London. Besides his film and television work, he wrote
the stage score for "What a Day", and what today is considered to be
the first live television musical, for KTTV in 1949. He wrote for a
music-publishing company for two years, and became a music publisher
himself in 1958. Joining ASCAP in 1955, his other popular-song
compositions include "Poor Ev'rybody Else", "Zero Hour", "He Needs Me",
"Sing a Rainbow", "Just Go", "Them There Days", "The Trouble With Me is
Men", "That Means I Love You", "Our Ship Is Coming In", "Bayamo",
"Wherever I Am, I'm Home", "Any Questions?", "Lady Blue", "Bouquet of
Blues", "Wherever You Are It's Spring", "Littleboy Heart", and "Sudden
Love".
