About
Known for Mama Don't Want No Peas and Rice and Coconut Oil, Shades of Night, Hitchy Koo, and many other songs.
Before Fame
He started out singing in a quartet at a small cafe in Coney Island.
Trivia
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Family Life
He lived in Beverly Hills with his second wife Rose.
Associated With
He collaborated with Mabel Wayne and Lewis F. Muir.
