Born in Samuel Feinberg New York City. A former club and radio pianist, he wrote scores and songs for many films from the beginning of the sound era into the late 1970s, often with Paul Francis Webster as lyricist. Songwriting credits include "April Love," "By a Waterfall," "Certain Smile," "Dear Hearts and Gentle People," "Easy to Love," "Having a Good Time, Wish You Were Here," "I'll Be Seeing You," "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella," "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (most recently used in MOULIN ROUGE!, 2001), "Nothing at All," "Second Star to the Right," "Secret Love," "Strange Are the Ways of Love," "Tender Is the Night," "That Old Feeling," "Wagon Train," "Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine," "When I Take My Sugar to Tea" and "You Brought a New Kind of Love." In 1971 he was voted in the Songwriters' Hall of Fame and served on the board of directors of ASCAP from 1979 until his death in California in 1989.  Nominated for Music Best Song 1937: VOGUES OF 1938 "That Old Feeling" - Music  Music Best Song 1953: CALAMITY JANE "Secret Love" - Music  Music Best Song 1955: LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" - Music  Nominated for Music Best Song 1957: APRIL LOVE "April Love" - Music  Nominated for Music Best Song 1958: MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR "A Very Precious Love" - Music  Nominated for Music Best Song 1958: A CERTAIN SMILE "A Certain Smile" - Music  Nominated for Music Best Song 1962: TENDER IS THE NIGHT "Tender Is the Night" - Music  Nominated for Music Best Song 1972: THE STEPMOTHER "Strange Are the Ways of Love" - Music  Nominated for Music Best Song 1976: HALF A HOUSE "A World That Never Was" - Music  Nominated for Music Best Song 1977: THE RESCUERS "Someone's Waiting for You" - Music 10 nominations, 2 Awards