Songwriter. He was an American songwriter, lyricist, and screenwriter. Born Irving Goldberg, he was a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers since he was a teenager. By 1936, he changed his surname to Taylor. The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the United States Navy. During World War II, he was part of the entertainment of troops as well as a quartermaster on a ship in the European theater. After the war, he began to write comedy for Bob Newhart and Jonathan Winters's television shows. He started to compose music and lyrics for songs. His song "Pachalafaka" was covered by Soupy Sales and broke into the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958. In 1959, he released "The Whimsical World of Irving Taylor," which was a compilation of the most popular of the numbers from the preceding albums. In the late 1950s, Taylor formed a publishing company, Kiss Music Company. He wrote or co-wrote at least sixteen songs, including: "Swing, Mr. Charlie" in 1939 for Judy Garland, "Everybody Loves Somebody" in 1947 for Frank Sinatra, and later, Dean Martin's 1964 version, which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999; and reaching #4 on the U.S. pop chart, "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" in 1959 for Connie Stevens. Reaching #1 in the United Kingdom, "Give Me Your Word" by Tennessee Ernie Ford was released in 1954. "Give Me Your Word."
Songwriter. He was an American songwriter, lyricist, and screenwriter. Born Irving Goldberg, he was a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers since he was a teenager. By 1936, he changed his surname to Taylor. The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the United States Navy. During World War II, he was part of the entertainment of troops as well as a quartermaster on a ship in the European theater. After the war, he began to write comedy for Bob Newhart and Jonathan Winters's television shows. He started to compose music and lyrics for songs. His song "Pachalafaka" was covered by Soupy Sales and broke into the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958. In 1959, he released "The Whimsical World of Irving Taylor," which was a compilation of the most popular of the numbers from the preceding albums. In the late 1950s, Taylor formed a publishing company, Kiss Music Company. He wrote or co-wrote at least sixteen songs, including: "Swing, Mr. Charlie" in 1939 for Judy Garland, "Everybody Loves Somebody" in 1947 for Frank Sinatra, and later, Dean Martin's 1964 version, which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999; and reaching #4 on the U.S. pop chart, "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" in 1959 for Connie Stevens. Reaching #1 in the United Kingdom, "Give Me Your Word" by Tennessee Ernie Ford was released in 1954. "Give Me Your Word."
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