American composer, pianist and orchestra leader. Born 20 February 1918, Portland, Oregon, USA, died 13 May 1987, Los Angeles, California, USA. At a very young age he became a gifted pianist. After Univerity he began to play with numerous West Coast bands in the Jazz scene. He invented the ‘block chord’ technique that was later modified and popularized by Milt Buckner and George Shearing. He appeared in movies and founded his own combo Phil Moore Four. After hiring by MGM he was in charge of the studio orchestras. He has composed, arranged and sung much famous show tunes and film scores. Shoo Shoo Baby is one of them. Worked, a.o. with Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and Lena Horne.