Born: 1 March 1914, Minneapolis, Minnesota USA.
Died: 11 March 2003, Fort Lee, New Jersey USA.
Sidney Lippman (also called Sid), composer and songwriter, wrote the music for
Nat King Cole’s #1 hit Too Young.
Frequent collaborator with the lyricist and novelist
Sylvia Dee.
He teamed up with
Buddy Kaye and
Fred Wise to do the words and music for ’A’ -- You’re Adorable (The Alphabet Song), which also became a #1 hit, in 1949, as an RCA Victor recording with
Perry Como and
The Fontane Sisters. Mr. Lippman’s other successful pop songs included the novelty Chickery Chick.