About
Composer of numerous songs including Mean to Me, Walkin' My Baby Back Home, and I'll Get By. He was beloved by many recording legends.
Before Fame
He graduated from Fordham Law School, but began working for Irving Aaronson and his Commanders and Fred Waring as an arranger.
Trivia
He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Family Life
He had three sons: Frederick, Arnold, and Richard.
Associated With
He collaborated with Joe Young, Roy Turk, and Edgar Leslie.
