Information About ™Irving Gordon |
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| 1915 births | |
| 1996 deaths | |
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He was born in Brooklyn, New York . As a child, he studied Violin , and after attending public schools in New York City , went to work in the Catskill Mountains at some of the resort Hotel s in the area. While working in the hotels, he took to writing Parody lyrics to some of the popular songs of the day. In the 1930s, he took a job with the music publishing firm headed by talent agent Irving Mills, at first writing only lyrics but subsequently writing music as well. After writing " Mister And Mississippi " he decided he enjoyed puns on state names, and some years later write " Delaware ." He died in Los Angeles, California . PARTIAL SELECTION OF HIS PUBLISHED SONGS
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