Leo Robin | |
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Background information | |
Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | April 6, 1895
Died | December 29, 1984 Woodland Hills, California, U.S. | (aged 84)
Occupation(s) | Composer, lyricist, songwriter |
Leo Robin (April 6, 1895 – December 29, 1984)[1] was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning song "Thanks for the Memory," sung by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938, and with Jule Styne on "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," a song whose witty, Cole Porter style of lyric came to be identified with its famous interpreter Marilyn Monroe.