Real name: Jacob Louis Schwartz

Effective period / Period of releases: 1949

American lyricist, born April 7, 1912 in Brooklyn, NY - died March 18, 2009 in Danbury, CT.
Wrote lyrics for songs of which many became hits, including “All or Nothing at All,” with music by Arthur Altman, a No. 1 song in 1943 for Frank Sinatra, with Harry James And His Orchestra and “Hold My Hand,” written with Richard Myers for the film “Susan Slept Here,” which was nominated for an Oscar as best song in 1954.