Jerry Herst

Jerome Philip Herst (May 28, 1909, in Chicago, Illinois – November 27, 1990, in Alameda, California), known as Jerry Herst,[1][2] was a lawyer and a songwriter best known for his collaborations with Jack Sharpe on a number of compositions, notably "So Rare", a much-recorded song that was published in 1937.

  1. ^ US Copyright Office: listings for Jerry Herst, pseudonym of Jerome P. Herst (b. 1909)
  2. ^ California Death Index, 1940-1997; United States Social Security Death Index; and Cook County, Illinois Birth Certificate Index, 1871-1922; hosted at Ancestry.com, retrieved 29 October 2011.