Born Morris Gitler in Poland. This prolific lyricist composed songs mainly for movies during the 30s and 40s. Gordon was taken to the USA at an early age and grew up in Brooklyn. He toured with minstrel shows as a boy soprano and later became a singer-comedian in vaudeville, before starting to write songs in the late 20s. He began a collaboration with composer Harry Revel in 1931 which lasted until 1939. They wrote songs for over 30 movies. In 1940, Gordon teamed with Harry Warren, fresh from his Warner Bros. triumphs with Al Dubin. During the next ten years, Warren and Gordon wrote some of America's most memorable popular songs for films that featured some of Hollywood's most popular stars, including Alice Faye, John Payne, Carmen Miranda, Betty Grable, Don Ameche, the Nicholas Brothers and many more. In 1941-2, Gordon and Warren contributed perhaps their best-known songs to SUN VALLEY SERENADE and ORCHESTRA WIVES, starring the enormously popular Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. Songs for these films included "I Know Why," "Chattanooga Choo Choo," "It Happened in Sun Valley," "The Kiss Polka," "At Last," "I've Got a Girl in Kalamazoo" and "People Like You and Me." Miller's million-selling record of "Chattanooga Choo Choo" was the first to be award a gold disc. Gordon and Warren continued working throughout the 40s, with films such as ICELAND ("There Will Never Be Another You"), SWEET ROSIE O'GRADY ("My Heart Tells Me" and "The Wishing Waltz"), HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO, and SUMMER STOCK with Judy Garland. Even during the period of almost 20 years with Revel and Warren, Gordon found the time to collaborate with several other composers on songs such as "Mamselle," "Time Alone Will Tell," "I Can't Begin To Tell You," "Somewhere in the Night," and "You Make Me Feel So Young" (with Joseph Myrow). Gordon's last film score, with Myrow, was for BUNDLE OF JOY, starring Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, in 1956. He died three years later, in March of 1959. His other collaborators included Ray Henderson, Jimmy Van Heusen, James V. Monaco, Max Rich, Maurice Abrahams, Ted Snyder, Abner Silver and George West.  Nominated for Music Best Song 1940: DOWN ARGENTINE WAY "Down Argentine Way" - Lyric  Nominated for Music Best Song 1941: SUN VALLEY SERENADE "Chattanooga Choo Choo" - Lyric  Nominated for Music Best Song 1942: ORCHESTRA WIVES "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" - Lyric  Music Best Song 1943: HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO "You'll Never Know" - Lyric  Nominated for Music Best Song 1944: SWEET AND LOW-DOWN "I'm Making Believe" - Lyric  Nominated for Music Best Song 1946: THE DOLLY SISTERS "I Can't Begin to Tell You" - Lyric  Nomintated for Music Best Song 1947: MOTHER WORE TIGHTS "You Do" - Lyric  Nominated for Music Best Song 1949: COME TO THE STABLE "Through a Long and Sleepless Night" - Lyric  Nominated for Music Best Song 1950: WABASH AVENUE "Wilhelmina" - Lyric 9 nominations, 1 Award