Hal Levy(1916-1970)

Author, publisher, composer and educator Hal Levy was educated at UCLA and served in the US Army Air Corps in World War 2. He then worked as a story editor, writer and analyst for film studios, and wrote radio shows including "Mike Malloy" and "Starr of Space". At UCLA, he instructed lyric-writing, and with a partner he co-owned and managed Mark Warnow Music and owned and managed his own Leeway Music. Joining ASCAP in 1951, his chief musical collaborators included Paul Atkerson, Gladys Rosenthal, Irving Gertz, Sid Kuller and Alvy West, and his popular-song compositions include "Thanksgiving Song", "Bang Bang Boogie", "Listen to the Rockin' Bird", "Whoo-ee Loo-ee-siana", "He Was a Man", "Peppermint Stick", "The Wrong Door", "My Love and I", "First Traveling Saleslady", "A Corset Can Do a Lot for a Lady", "Come on Back", "When You're Young", "Lonely People", and "Lullaby Baby".