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Paul Francis Webster
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Composer (Music Score), Songwriter Born: December 20, 1907 in New York City, NY Death: March 22, 1984 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:This brilliant and prolific lyricist led an interesting life before becoming a renown writer of song texts for films and recording artists. Educated at N.Y.U. and Cornell before 1935, he made his living as a seaman onboard a freighter trading between the States and China, and at another extreme he was employed as a dance instructor at the Arthur Murray Dance Studios. Moving to Hollywood, he was a frequent collaborator with "Sammy Fain".
His career began in 1935 as an uncredited lyricist for "Under the Pampas Moon", "Dressed to Thrill", and "You Only Live Once" (1937); he was credited in "Our Little Girl" (1935), "Rainbow on the River" (1936), and "Public Cowboy No. 1" (1937). During WWII, he authored "Me for You, Forever" for the patriotic "We've Never Been Licked" (aka "Fighting Command" and "Texas to Tokyo") (1943), as well as the lighthearted "Seven Sweethearts" (aka "Tulip Time") (1942), "It... Full Biography
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