Composer, songwriter ("Here Comes Summer", "Almost There"), author, singer and publisher, educated at the University of Tulsa and the Mable Horsey School of Music as well as private voice study. He sang on radio and television in Tulsa while in high school, and was a disc jockey over KAKC in Tulsa. Coming to New York in 1956, he was a publisher, and made television appearances in Europe. He has made many records. Joining ASCAP in 1958, his other popular-song compositions include "The Great Chase", "Little George Got the Hiccups", "My Year of Love", "That's Me", "Fight, Fight", "Sweetheart Roses", "Wild and Wonderful", "The Tears Keep Falling Down", "Bedtime Story", "The Legend of Shenandoah", and "You Can't Be a King".