Composer, songwriter ("Sweet Bird of Youth"), conductor, arranger, pianist and author, educated at the Pittsburgh Musical Institute, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Manhattan School of Music. He also studied with Eddie Sauter and Lennie Tristano, and made many records. Joining ASCAP in 1960, his chief musical collaborator was Searcy Lee Johnson, and his oher popular-song compositions include "Love's a Way of Life", "Song for Home Viewers", "From the Moment I Met You", "The End Blues" and "...
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