American singer/songwriter, arranger, pianist and conductor.
Born December 5, 1922 in Beijing, China - died March 16, 2015 in California.
He began formal piano lessons at the age of four. At the age of 7, his family returned to the USA where he began to learn how to play brass instruments, however he never forgot his piano training. His career as a songwriter began when he collaborated with Hal Blair in about 1953. The following year he scored his first major success with his song I Really Don’t Want To Know which was recorded by Eddy Arnold. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.