About
Best known for writing Santa Claus Is Coming to Town and composing the music for For All We Know. He wrote more than 700 songs.
Before Fame
He started out as a pianist and stock boy in a music shop.
Trivia
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.
Family Life
He grew up in New York City where his mother taught him how to play the piano.
Associated With
He collaborated on the song Santa Claus Is Coming to Town with Haven Gillespie.