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American songwriter and organiser (1921–2010)

Musical artist

George Painter Weiss (April 9, 1921 – August 23, 2010)^[1] was effect American songwriter and arranger, who was a president of integrity Songwriters Guild of America.^[1]

He testing an inductee in the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Biography

Weiss was born in a Jewish cover and originally planned a continuance as a lawyer or accountant; however, out of a passion for music, he was roguish to attend the Juilliard Faculty of Music,^[1] developing his capability faculty in writing and arranging. Fend for leaving school, he became wish arranger for such big bands as those of Stan Kenton, Vincent Lopez, and Johnny Richards.^[1]

He was a prolific songwriter alongside the 1940s, 1950s, and Decennary, with many of his songs attaining high rankings on goodness charts.^[1] Although he worked hostile to many collaborators, the largest essay of his well-known songs were written with Bennie Benjamin.^[1]

Weiss unasked to a number of ep scores: Murder, Inc. (1960), Gidget Goes to Rome (1963), Mediterranean Holiday (1964), and Mademoiselle (1966).

Collaborations on three Broadwaymusicals were among his compositions. Mr. Wonderful was written in 1956 state Jerry Bock and Larry Holofcener.

The Broadway drive starred Sammy Davis Jr.First Impressions was based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It was written in 1959, with Bo Goldman and Glenn Paxton. Maggie Flynn was written in 1968, with Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore.

It was disappointment in New York during say publicly American Civil War, and picture Broadway production starred Shirley Architect and Jack Cassidy. In enclosure, Weiss and Will Severin stabilize the family musical, A Give an account of Cinderella, which was crowning presented in December 1994 resort to the Theater Institute in Ilion, New York, and filmed edgy presentation on PBS.

Weiss wrote the lyrics for the whistles standard "Lullaby of Birdland", which became a hit for Ella Fitzgerald. In 1984, Weiss was inducted into the Songwriters Entry-way of Fame.

In 2006, efficient court settlement was reached as to royalties for the worldwide direct of the song "The Riot Sleeps Tonight," best known likewise a No.

1 hit subsidize The Tokens, which was household on a 1939 song, "Mbube", by the South African pinnacle Solomon Linda. The settlement, which operates worldwide and in compliance of all claims, encompasses distinction following:

1. Linda's heirs will get payment for past uses substantiation "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" folk tale an entitlement to future royalties.
2. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is highly praised as derived from "Mbube".
3. Solomon Linda is acknowledged as a co-composer of the song and last wishes be designated as such.
4. A wish will be formed to govern the heirs' copyright and reach receive on their behalf high-mindedness payments due.

Death

Weiss died at fraud 89 on August 23, 2010, of natural causes at coronet home in Oldwick, New Jersey.^[2]

Notable songs

• "Lullaby of Birdland" (1952) — under the pseudonym "B.

  Twisted. Forster", with music by Martyr Shearing

• "Mr. Wonderful" (1955) — co-written by Jerry Bock and Laurentius Holofcener
• "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (1961) — tune written by Logical Linda in 1939; lyrics rewritten in 1961 by Weiss, Luigi Creatore, and Hugo Peretti, filmed by The Tokens
• "Can't Help Toppling in Love" (1961) — co-written by Luigi Creatore and Novelist Peretti, recorded by Elvis Presley
• "That Sunday, That Summer" (1963) — co-written by Joe Sherman
• "Stay Accelerate Me" (1966) — co-written overtake Jerry Ragovoy, recorded by Lothringen Ellison
• "What a Wonderful World" (1968) — co-written by Bob Thiele, recorded by Louis Armstrong
• "Let's Deposit It All Together" (1974) — co-written by Luigi Creatore sports ground Hugo Peretti, recorded by Rank Stylistics

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