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Fred Wise (songwriter)

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Occupation(s)
  
Name
  
Fred Wise

Role
  
Lyrics writer


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Born
  
May 27, 1915New York City, New York, U.S. (
1915-05-27
)

Died
  
January 18, 1966, New York City, New York, United States

Similar People
  
Ben Weisman, Buddy Kaye, Randy Starr, Bert Kaempfert, Dolores Fuller

Fred Wise (May 27, 1915 – January 18, 1966) was the co-writer of the lyrics to the 1948 song "'A' — You're Adorable" with Buddy Kaye. He subsequently wrote many of the songs sung by Elvis Presley in his movies.

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Many of his songs were collaborations with Kay Twomey and Ben Weisman, sometimes with additional collaborators. (see "Wooden Heart" and "In the Beginning.")

Selected songs

  • "Follow That Dream"
  • "I Got Lucky"
  • References

    Fred Wise (songwriter) Wikipedia