Larry Russell

American composer. Born October 14, 1913 in Indiana Died February 14, 1954 in Los Angeles, California. He was married to one of his co-songwriters Inez James. He was one of three writers of the song "Vaya Con Dios" (the others were Inez James and Buddy Pepper), which has been recorded over 500 times. He charted in the U.S. 5 times with "Vaya Con Dios". Les Paul & Mary Ford hit #1 in the U.S. with their version of "Maya Con Dios" in 1953.