Songwriter ("Round Midnight", "Mountain High- Valley Low"), composer and author, educated at Harvard College (Bachelor of Science) and president of the Harvard Dramatic Club where he wrote Hasty Pudding and Pi Eta Club shows. Later he directed record companies and during World War II he was a CBS newscaster over shortwave radio. He wrote special material for orchestras including that of Glenn Miller. He wrote the Broadway stage score for "The Lute Song", and additional lyrics for the revival of "The Chocolate Soldier". Joining ASCAP in 1935, his chief musical collaborators included Raymond Scott, Johnny Mercer, Cootie Williams, Harold Adamson and Neal Hefti. His other popular-song compositions include "When a Woman Loves a Man", "If the Moon Turns Green", "The Weekend of a Private Secretary", "Bob White", "The Little Man who Wasn't There", "Me and the Ghost Upstairs", "Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread", "House of Joy", "Tired Teddy Bear", "See the Monkey", "Where You Are", "My Old Man", "Dixieland Band", "Fare Thee-Well to Harlem", "Air-Minded Executive", "Blue Fool", "Baby Doll", "Here Come the British", "Poor Mr. Chisholm", and "Show Your Linen, Miss Richardson".

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Bernard Hanighen

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