Songwriter ("Toot Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye", "Sail On, Silv'ry Moon", "Nobody's Sweetheart") and composer, and pianist in the New Orleans Original Jazz Band. He was on the staff of several Chicago music publishers. Joining ASCAP in 1920, his chief musical collaborators included Gus Kahn, Ted Fiorito, Robert King, Elmer Schoebel, and Billy Meyers. His other popular-song compositions include "Underneath Hawaiian Skies", "Jean", "Ireland and Someone I Love", "No No Nora", "The Waltz That Made You Mine', 'I'm Going Back, Back, Back to Carolina', and 'The Little Red School House'.