Al Gallico

American songwriter and publisher. Related to the publishing company Al Gallico Music. Influential publisher, in a career lasting half a century, he was responsible for publishing were such universally-known country standards as Stand By Your Man, The Most Beautiful Girl, Ring Of Fire and other major hits with Tammy Wynette & George Jones (2). He also played a key role in the “British invasion” of the American charts in the 1960s when he published and promoted such imported hit songs, as The House Of The Rising Sun. Born: June 5, 1920 in Manhattan, New York City, New York Died: May 15, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.