American singer/songwriter composer and actor, born August 20, 1937 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. While he was a sophomore at Dartmouth College, he was signed to Columbia Records and Columbia Pictures at the same time to write music with Hal David and Burt Bacharach. In 1960, with Bacharach he co-composed and performed the strange death disc Two Hour Honeymoon (Dot Records). After this initial outing he co-wrote hits for Don Gibson (Sea of Heartbreak), Gene Pitney (Donna Means Heartbreak), Johnny Tillotson (I Rise, I Fall) and hits for overseas artists (Angry at the Old Oak Tree.) Also he wrote the theme for My Mother the Car and sang it under the group name Albuquerque. He made two albums, Beautiful Beginnings and Rest Home For Children.