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Lyricist Al Stillman was born in New York City in 1906. <a href="spotify:artist:5V0MlUE1Bft0mbLlND7FJz">Ella Fitzgerald</a> was among the first to popularize his songs, recording "I'm Not Complaining," "I'm Up a Tree," and "Don'cha Go 'Way Mad"; <a href="spotify:artist:1YzCsTRb22dQkh9lghPIrp">Billie Holiday</a> also sang many a Stillman lyric, including "I Wish I Had You," "With Thee I Swing," and "It's Not for Me to Say." In 1940, he scored a major hit with "The Breeze and I," adding lyrics to a melody originally composed by <a href="spotify:artist:4Gd1JXQVbYicIeo2bDNHwL">Ernesto Lecuona</a> 11 years earlier, while "Juke Box Saturday Night" was a hit for <a href="spotify:artist:2aAHdB5HweT3mFcRzm0swc">Glenn Miller</a> in 1942. Although a collaboration with Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, and <a href="spotify:artist:6s5FwWdfwv6PHHajAQFNBJ">Ervin Drake</a> yielded several hits including "I Believe" and "Let's Have a Party," Stillman's most successful partnership was with composer <a href="spotify:artist:1486cNbjPRCBxO6rkOfn5i">Robert Allen</a>; in 1955, <a href="spotify:artist:3stlWzoChlEtbdZAz6CNC3">the Four Lads</a> reached the number-two spot with their "Moments to Remember," again falling just shy of number one the following year with "No, Not Much!" Stillman and <a href="spotify:artist:1486cNbjPRCBxO6rkOfn5i">Allen</a>'s most memorable creation, however, remains "Chances Are," the chart-topping 1957 <a href="spotify:artist:21LGsW7bziR4Ledx7WZ1Wf">Johnny Mathis</a> perennial; that same year, <a href="spotify:artist:21LGsW7bziR4Ledx7WZ1Wf">Mathis</a> also enjoyed a major hit with their "It's Not for Me to Say." The duo also penned a series of songs for <a href="spotify:artist:5v8jlSmAQfrkTjAlpUfWtu">Perry Como</a>, including "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays," "My One and Only Heart," and "You Alone (Solo Tu)." In 1972, <a href="spotify:artist:72OaDtakiy6yFqkt4TsiFt">Cher</a> notched a Top Ten hit with her reading of Stillman's "The Way of Love." ~ Jason Ankeny
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