Wells, Robert
Name Entries
person
Wells, Robert
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Wells, Robert
Wells, Robert, of The Carcanet Press
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Wells, Robert, of The Carcanet Press
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Biography
Robert Wells was born Robert Levinson on Oct. 15 Oct. 1922; lyricist, composer, writer and producer whose songwriting credits included; From here to eternity, Born to be blue, Magic town, Re-enlistment blues, and When Joanna loved me; his most famous song was The Christmas song, co-written in 1945 with Mel Torme and popularized in recordings by Nat "King" Cole and countless others; nominated for Oscar songwriting awards for It's easy to say, From here to eternity, and County fair; was for many years producer and head writer of The Dinah Shore Chevy show, for which he received four Emmys; honored with two Emmy awards for Shirley MacLaine, If they could see me now; Wells died Sept. 23, 1998. Lisa Kirk was a singer with major Broadway credits such as Allegro and the 1948 production of Kiss me Kate.
Epithet: of The Carcanet Press
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
https://viaf.org/viaf/254470580
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
Subjects
Music
Nationalities
Activities
Occupations
Legal Statuses
Places
Convention Declarations
<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>