Leon Carr(1910-1976)
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("See the USA in Your Chevrolet", "Gina", "Hey There, Lonely
Boy"), composer, arranger, pianist and conductor, educated at
Pennsylvania State University and a student of the Schillinger System
at New York University. He led his own dance orchestra at college, and
wrote college musicals. Arriving in New York in 1935, he wrote special
material for night clubs, and later, television commercials, and the
off-Broadway musical "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". Joining ASCAP
in 1945, he collaborated musically with Milt Herth Earl Shuman, Leo Corday
and Paul Vance. His other popular-song compositions include
"Herthquake", "Your Socks Don't Match", "Bell Bottom Blues", "A Man
Could Be a Wonderful Thing", "Goblins in the Steeple", "Big Name
Button", "If You Smile at the Sun", "Skiddle-Diddle-Dee", "Should I
Wait?", "Our Everlasting Love", "Another Cup of Coffee", "Most People
Get Married", "Hotel Happiness", "Clinging Vine", "Marriage Is for Old
Folks", "The Secret Life", "Confidence" and "There's No Tomorrow". He
also composed the commercial "See the USA in Your
Chevrolet".