About
Composer of Manhattan Tower, P.S. I Love You, Goodbye, and When a Woman Loves a Man. He was covered by many recording legends.
Before Fame
He started out doing arrangements for a St. Louis radio station.
Trivia
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1982.
Family Life
He married Beverly Mahr after divorcing Nancy Harkey in 1946.
Associated With
He worked with Louis Armstrong and was recorded by Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others.
