Doc Pomus

The legendary Doc Pomus found success as one of the finest white blues singers of the 1940s before becoming one of the greatest songwriters in the history of American popular music. The author of many of the most popular rock & roll songs of the '60s, he composed "Save the Last Dance for Me,'' "This Magic Moment," "Sweets for My Sweet," and dozens of others, including Elvis Presley's "Viva Las Vegas" "Little Sister," and "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame." Crippled by polio in his childhood, Pomus -- born Jerome Felder on June 27, 1925 in Brooklyn, NY -- became interested ...