American songwriter born November 15, 1911 in Brooklyn, NY and died December 6, 1984 in San Francisco, CA.
He wrote the lyrics for over 250 songs. He’s charted in the U.S. 34 times--first in 1936 and last in 2000. He had a #1 song in the U.S. in 1945 with My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time by Les Brown and His Orchestra (co-written by Vic Mizzy). The song also reached #3 that same year by Johnny Long and His Orchestra as well as by the Phil Moore Four.