Robert Colby(III)
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Robert Colby was a composer, songwriter ("My Friend the Ghost"), author
and publisher, educated at the University of Mississippi, the American
Theatre Wing and Juilliard, and a student of Otto Cesana. He wrote
songs for the
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra and
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
(including the above tune) and for
Ella Fitzgerald,
Red Buttons,
Vaughn Monroe,
Howard Keel and
Teresa Brewer. He joined ASCAP in
1954 and wrote the off-Broadway stage score for "Half-Past Wednesday"
and the popular-song compositions "Warm Heart-Cold Feet", "How Lovely,
How Lovely", "Jilted", "The Day the West Was Swung", "To the Movies We
Go", "That Ol' Christmas Spirit", "Hey! Go A Little Slow", "Baby", "Too
Bad", "Women Are Here To Stay", "Wintertime", "When Ev'rything Was
Green", and "Where Do I Go From Here?".