Real name: Selig Sidney Shaftel

Effective period / Period of releases: 1946 - 1954

American composer, singer, lyricist, and music publisher.
Born October 11, 1913 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Died February 2, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Brother of one of his collaborators, songwriter Arthur Shaftel.
As a singer, he appeared with a number of big bands, including those led by Ben Bernie, Paul Whiteman, Abe Lyman, and Vincent Lopez (2). After the end of the big band era, he continued to sing in nightclubs and theaters until he abandoned his singing career for good in 1952. As executive and publisher, he worked for Peer-Southern Organization. According to ASCAP, Skylar wrote more than 300 songs across the span of his career. He retired from songwriting in the early '70s and settled in Las Vegas, where he remained for the rest of his life. Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010.