Born in Chicago, IL. Composer, songwriter, author, conductor and violinist, educated at the Royal HS of Music in Berlin (with Max Bruch) and a violin student of Joachim and Wirth. He joined ASCAP in 1942, and his popular-song compositions include "Random Thoughts", "Only a Song", "Never to Know", "Come Along", "A Little Song", and "Senorita Chula". Visit the Internet Movie Database to view Erdody's composing and musical direction credits.  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1944: MINSTREL MAN (w. Ferde Grofé) 1 nomination