Nathaniel Lief(1896-1944)

Songwriter, author and dentist Nathanial Lief was educated at the NYU College of Dentistry, and joined ASCAP in 1931. During World War I he was a First Lieutenant in the Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF), and in World War II he was a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserve. He wrote the Broadway scores for "Luckee Girl", "Greenwich Follies of 1928" and "Pleasure Bound", and songs for "Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1931", "Third Little Show", "Shoot the Works" and "Grand Street Follies". He collaborated with his brother Max Lief on lyrics and on music with Michael Cleary, Sholom Secunda, Maurie Rubens, Arthur Schwartz, Louis Alter, Sammy Fain and Muriel Pollock, and his popular-song compositions include "It's in the Stars", "I'll Putcha Pitcha in the Papers", "I'm Back in Circulation Again", "Dream of Me", "My Impression of You", "Poor Little Doorstep Baby"and "I'll Always Remember".