Songwriter Paul Mason Howard most often worked as part of a team, his most well-known and prolifically recorded ditty being "Shrimp Boats", co-written with Paul Weston. This appetizing song sizzled its way up the charts in 1951, recorded by Jo Stafford, among many others. He was also known to play the Dolceola, a musical instrument resembling a miniature piano, but which is actually a zither with a keyboard.