Maurice Hart

American songwriter Born New York, NY, Jan. 6, 1909 Died Los Angeles, CA, June 10, 1978 Songwriter, announcer, composer and author, educated at the Business College. For seven years he worked as a stockbroker, then began a thirty-year career as a radio and television announcer. He also wrote a number of commercial jingles over a twelve-year period. Joining ASCAP in 1954, his chief musical collaborators included Al Hoffman, Al Stillman, Walter Kent, and Bob Emmerich. His popular-song compositions include "Believing", "Starlite and Music", "One Misty, Moisty Morning", and "Snerling Through the Flowers".