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Notes:
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John Benson Brooks was an American jazz pianist, songwriter,
arranger, and composer. Brooks worked early in his career as an
arranger for Randy Brooks, Les Brown, Boyd Raeburn, and Tommy
Dorsey. He worked often with lyricists Eddie DeLange and
Bob Russell in the
1940s; he and DeLange wrote the song "Just as Though You Were Here,"
a hit for Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra as vocalist. He wrote "You
Came a Long Way from St. Louis" with Bob Russell for Ray McKinley,
released as a single in 1948. |
