Vicki Benet

John Elliot (songwriter) John Elliot (songwriter) Prolific American songwriter John Elliot (also known as Jack Elliot, John M. Elliot, John M. Elliott and Jack Elliott)[1] (7 May 1914 – 3 January 1972) was an American songwriter, credited with having written more than 600 songs for motion pictures.[2] Biography Elliot was born in Gowanda, New York, on 7 May 1914. He was educated at Bennett High School in Buffalo, New York and then worked as an entertainer in vaudeville, nightclubs, and on radio. In 1939, he also worked as a theatre reporter for the Chicago edition of Variety magazine. He began to write songs in 1940, moved to Hollywood in 1943, and became a member of ASCAP in 1945.[3] Jack subsequently…

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