Biography

Saxophonist, songwriter ("Three Little Fishies", "I Don't Care"), composer and conductor, educated at the University of North Carolina. He was a saxophonist for the Hal Kemp orchestra for fifteen years, then formed his own band. During World War II, he was United States Navy bandmaster aboard the USS Franklin until it was sunk in the South Pacific in 1945. After the war, he reorganized his band. Joining ASCAP in 1941, his other popular-song compositions included "Tonight I'm Thinking of You", "Tell Her", "V for Victory", "Rugged but Right", "She Told Him Emphatically No", "All I've Got Is Me", "Oo-Goo the Little Worm", "Canasta Song", and "Turnabout Is Fair Play"
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