Joe Darion(1911-2001)

Songwriter ("The Impossible Dream", "Changing Partners", "Ricochet") and author, educated at City College of New York. He wrote the Broadway stage scores for "Shinbone Alley (archie and mehitabel)" and "Man of La Mancha". Joining ASCAP in 1951, he wrote for radio, TV, films, theatre and concerts. His chief musical collaborators include George Kleinsinger, Ezra Laderman, Guy Wood, John Benson Brooks, Herman Krasnow, and Mitchell Leigh. His popular-song compositions also include "A Woman Wouldn't Be a Woman", "Toujours Gai", "Christmas Is a Feeling In Your Heart", "The Growing-Up Tree", "The Ho Ho Song", "The Midnight Train", "The Lollipop Tree", "The Goonie Bird Song" and "Little Red Train to the Zoo".