Walter Gross(1909-1967)
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("Tenderly"), composer, pianist, conductor, author and
publisher, educated in high school and in private music study. At age
ten, he gave his first piano recital, and later he was a pianist with
the orchestras of Paul Whiteman, Andre Kostelanetz and Tommy Dorsey in
concert and on radio. He served in the US Army during World War II and
conducted radio programs for the ATC. Later he became the music
director for CBS and Musicraft records, and for Gordon MacRae, Sarah
Vaughn, Mel Torme, Frank Sinatra and Buddy Clark, and was president of
Interlude Music. Joining ASCAP in 1943, his chief musical collaborators
were Jack Lawrence, Carl Sigman, Ned Washington, Raymond Klages and
Bobby Troup. His other popular-song and instrumental compositions
include "Your Love", "To Be Worthy of You", "I'm In a Fog About You",
"Just a Moon Ago", "Improvisation in Several Keys", "Creepy Weepy", "A
Slight Case of Ivory", "Please Remember", "How Will I Remember You?",
and "Mexican Moon".
