Herbert Hartig(1930-1991)
- Writer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Composer, songwriter, author and actor/entertainer, educated at
Brooklyn College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude). He wrote special
material for Ronny Graham, Pat Carroll, Kaye Ballard, Jan Murray and
Dick Shawn. In addition he wrote and appeared in night club acts in New
York, St. Louis, Dallas, and Bermuda. He joined NBC as a staff writer
(1956-1957), and wrote the stage scores for "Fat Tuesday" and "Our
Hearts Were Young and Gay", and songs for Julius Monk's revues
"Shoestring '57", "Kaleidoscope", "Fallout", and "Medium Rare
(Chicago), "Hostiliies of 1960" (St. Louis), and "Up Tempo" (Montreal).
His chief musical collaborator was Gerald Alters, and he joined ASCAP
in 1961. His popular-song compositions include "My Mother's Neighbor's
Blues" and "Milord".
