Composer, songwriter, author and record executive, born January 25, 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts.

He was educated at Wayne University and was a general manager at the Irving Caesar Music Company for nine years, and national sales promotion director at Dimension, ABC Paramount and Amy-Mala Records.

He Joined ASCAP in 1954, where his chief musical collaborators included Mack Wolfson, Eddie White, Belle Fenstock, Eddie Lisbona and Will Collins (3). His popular-song compositions include "Until Sunrise", "Mary Contrary", "Be Fair", "With Cindy", "Texas and Pacific", "Tonite He's Out to Break Another Heart", "Loretta", "Kicking Up Dust In the Nursery" and "My Arms, My Heart, My Love".