| Ervin Drake will be remembered for
two songs closely associated with Perry, his 1953 recording "I
Believe" and the 1967 single "The Father of Girls" but he
also had a charted hit with "Sonata" in 1946 and in 1951 with
"There's a Big Blue Cloud" Hans Lengsfelder, Ervin Drake and
Paul McGowan also composed "Hayfoot, Strawfoot" ( 1942 ) which
was introduced and recorded by Duke Ellington for RCA Victor with vocal by
Ivy Anderson. In 1944 Lengsfelder and Drake added lyrics for Juan Tizol's
"Perdido" an instrumental introduced and recorded by Ellington
in 1942. Drake also wrote the popular song "Ai De La" and one of
Frank Sinatra's signature songs, "It Was a Very Good Year". |
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