Floyd Huddleston
(1918 - 1991)

Robin Hood (1973) Started writing songs for films after WW II (JUNGLE PATROL, 1948, "Forever and Always"). Other credits (usually with partner Al Rinker) include DUCHESS OF IDAHO (1950, songs, incl. "Let's Choo Choo to Idaho" and "You Can't Do Wrong Doin' Right"), HIT PARADE OF 1951 (1950, "Square Dance Samba"), YOUNG AT HEART (1955, "Ready, Willing and Able"), THE BALLAD OF JOSIE (1967, song), MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969, "Orange Juice on Ice"), THE ARISTOCATS (1970, "Everybody Wants To Be a Cat") and ROBIN HOOD (1973).

Browsing through the ASCAP database, some of Huddleston's other memorable song titles include "Baby" (w. Robert Colby, recorded by Ella Fitzgerald), "Candy Man Jones" and "Give a Friendly Five" (both recorded by Al Hirt), "December", "Everybody But Me" (w. Al Rinker, recorded by the Mills Bros.), "Faith", "Give It a Go" (w. Al Rinker, recorded by the King Family), "He's Just My Kind" and "When I Was a Child" (both w. Mark McIntyre, both recorded by Peggy Lee), "I'm Gonna Make It All the Way" and "Satisfy Me One More Time" (both recorded by Frank Sinatra), "I'm Leavin' You" (recorded by Englebert Humperdink), "Idle Gossip" (w. Joseph Meyer, recorded by Sarah Vaughn and Perry Como), "Know What I Mean" (recorded by Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans), "Love and Devotion" (w. Al Rinker, recorded by Vaughn Monroe), "Possibilities" (w. Al Rinker, recorded by Phil Harris), "When the Lights Are Low" (w. Al Rinker, recorded by Dick Haymes), "Where Lonely People Go" (recorded by Eddy Arnold), and "You Started Something" (w. Al Rinker, recorded by Rosemary Clooney).

 Nominated for Music (Best Song) 1973: ROBIN HOOD "Love" - Lyric

1 nomination