Songwriter ("One Has My Name," "Ringo," "I'm Yours"), composer, author,
actor, and musician who won music scholarships early in life, and then
joined dance orchestras and became a writer for television and
musicals. He joined ASCAP in 1959, and his chief musical collaborator
was Don Robertson. His other songs include "My Lips Are Sealed",
"Condemned Without Trial," "I Was the One," "I Laughed Till I Cried,"
"Please Help Me," "Not One Minute More," "Ninety Miles an Hour," "I Let
Her Go," and "No More".
