Stanley Lebowsky(1926-1986)

Songwriter ("The Wayward Wind"), composer, arranger, conductor and pianist, educated at UCLA (Bachelor of Arts degree) and in private music study. He was an accompanist to Allan Jones, Helen Traubel and Florence Henderson and conducted a number of touring musicals including "Guys and Dolls", "The Boy Friend" and "Can-Can", plus the Broadway stage musicals "Half a Sixpence", "Irma la Douce" and "Tovarich". Joining ASCAP in 1964, his chief musical collaborator was Herb Newman and his other popular-song compositions include "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home", "Born in St. Louis", "Don't Go Home", "Encore", "Everybody Say 'Peace'", "Foresight", "Gift of the Magi", "Have Half of My Laughter", "He's Never Too Busy", "I Can't Lie", "I'll Sleep Tonight", "It's a Beautiful World", "My Christmas Wish For You", "My Turn Next Time", "On This Happy Occasion", "Our Happening Day", "Postlude" (from "All That Jazz"), "The Promise of What I Could Be", "Saturday After the Game", "Show Him the Way", "So Much in Common", "Someone I've Already Found", "Take Off With Us" (from "All That Jazz"), "These Four Walls", "They Can't Start Christmas Without Us", "We Can All Give Love", "Whatever You Put Your Mind To", "You Can't Send a Toy", and "You Knew About Her All the Time".