Songwriter ("Highways Are Happy Ways"), composer and author, educated at the Jewish Training School. He wrote special material for Joe E. Lewis, Sophie Tucker, Ted Lewis and Jimmy Durante. Joining ASCAP in 1928, his chief musical collaborators included Lew Pollack, Larry Shay, Jule Styne and Joe Goodwin, and his popular-song composiions also included I Had Someone Elce Before I Had You", "In the Valley of Love", "A Place Called Happiness", "Where Did You Learn to Love?", "Chidabee, Chidabee, Chidabee", "Baby Me", "Rainbow Valley", "You're One in a Million", "It's Lovin' Time", and "Why Don't We Say We're Sorry?".