Bob Hilliard

Songwriter

Birthday January 28, 1918

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace New York

DEATH DATE Feb 1, 1971 (53)

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About

Known for In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning, Any Day Now, and Our Day Will Come, which was a 1963 #1 hit for Ruby & the Romantics.

Before Fame

He started out as a lyricist in Tin Pan Alley, where he wrote The Coffee Song, his first success, when he was 28.

Trivia

He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983.

Family Life

He married Jacqueline Dalya.

Associated With

He worked with Jule Styne, Mort Garson, Carl Sigman, and Burt Bacharach.