Irving Gordon

Irving Gordon ( born February 14, 1915 in Brooklyn, † December 1, 1996 in Los Angeles ) was an American lyricist and composer.

Life and work

Irving Gordon learned violin as a child and worked as a songwriter at a resort in the Catskill Mountains, where he wrote parodies and eventually lyrics were published by Irving Mills, Duke Ellington was the manager. In 1939 he became a member of ASCAP. Gordon wore ( with Mills as co- author in the copyright) texts for Ellington title at, Pyramid, All Too Soon, and Prelude to a Kiss (1938). He also collaborated with Allan Roberts, Al Kaufman and Jack Lawrence. As a composer and songwriter Gordon wrote several songs, including What Will I Tell My Heart, in 1937 a hit for Bing Crosby and 1941 Unforgettable, which was popularized by Nat King Cole, further the songs Be Anything ( But Be Mine) (1952) and Sinner or Saint (1952 ), both of which were recorded by Sarah Vaughan. Frank Sinatra Christmas Dreaming took (1947 ), Gordon had written with Lee Lester. With Jerry Livingston wrote Unbelievable (1954 ), the Nat Cole grossed again. In 1992, he was still able to see how Natalie Cole's new recording of Unforgettable at the Grammy Awards 1992 single of the year was.

Other well-known songs were

• Mister And Mississippi (recordings, among others, Patti Page )
• How ( How Do I Go About It? ) (Recordings of Nat Cole )
• The Kentuckian Song ( Recordings by Eddy Arnold )
• Tonight I Shall Sleep With a Smile On My Face (recording of Stan Getz / João Gilberto )
• Mason - Dixon Line ( recordings of the Ames Brothers )
• Be Anything ( shots of Dakota Staton )
• Two Brothers (recordings of Tom Jones )
• Blue Lou (recordings by Benny Goodman )
• Me, Myself And I ( Are All In Love With You ) (recording by Billie Holiday )
• Allentown Jail (recordings of The Seekers, Dusty Springfield )
• Delaware ( Images of Perry Como).