Composer and songwriter ("I'm Getting Sentimental Over You", the Tommy
Dorsey theme), conductor and arranger, he was educated at the Boston
Conservatory and studied with Toch and Strelitzer. Between 1931-1934 he
arranged for dance orchestras, and then for Andre Kostelanetz and CBS
between 1934-1936. He arranged the Broadway musicals "Alive and
Kicking" and "Guys and Dolls". Joining ASCAP in 1936, his other
popular-song compositions include "You've Got Something", "The Bicycle
Song", "Dangerous", "Forgotten", "Again and Again", and "I Didn't Have
the Heart to Tell You".