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Leo Robin (April 6, 1900 – December 29, 1984) was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter.
Welcome to the official home of the lyricist par excellence who penned many Popular Standards -- "Blue Hawaii," "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," "Easy Living," "If I Should Lose You," "Love Is Just around the Corner," "Prisoner of Love," "Thanks for the Memory" -- just to name seven.
Leo Robin (1895-1984) stumbled onto his great songwriting career by accident. The oldest in a Pittsburgh family of six brothers and sisters, he worked as a newspaper reporter, a social worker and a writer of advertising copy to help support his family.
Leo Robin: Louisearranged by George Gotsisarranged by George GotsisGotsis sax quintetperformed by:George Gotsis, baritoneDimitri Vouharas, tenorG. Mavidis, a...
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Leo Robin was born on April 6, 1900 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied at the University of Pittsburgh Law School and Carnegie Tech’s drama school. After graduation, he worked as a publicity agent, a newspaper reporter and even as a social worker.
Leo Robin (April 6, 1900 – December 29, 1984) was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter.
The Leo Robin Songbook, presented here, is a catalog of over five hundred songs that Leo Robin wrote for the Silver Screen and Broadway. The Songbook is organized alphabetically by song, followed by the work in which the song first appeared and, lastly, credits the co-writers who are identified with an “M” for having composed the music and ...
