Fred Wise (songwriter)

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Fred Wise (May 27, 1915 – January 18, 1966)^[1] was the co-writer of the lyrics to the 1948 song "'A' — You're Adorable" with Buddy Kaye and Sid Lippman.^[2] He subsequently wrote many of the songs sung by Elvis Presley in his movies. Wise attended Columbia university and graduated in 1935. He was of Jewish descent.^[3]

Many of his songs were collaborations with Kay Twomey and Ben Weisman, sometimes with additional collaborators. (see "Wooden Heart" and "In the Beginning.")

Selected songs

• "Follow That Dream"
• "I Got Lucky"

References

Further reading

• Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Wise, Fred". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). New York: MUZE. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4. OCLC 70062973.

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