Gene DePaul

American pop music composer Gene DePaul was writing successfully throughout the 1940s and 1950s, and is best known for his songs and scores for movie musicals, particularly Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), co-written with Johnny Mercer. DePaul got his start in the music business as an arranger for vocal groups and a pianist in theaters and dance bands. He started composing songs in 1940, and had his first hit that same year with "Your Red Wagon." The following year, he worked on music for two films, including Keep 'Em Flying, which featured the songs "You Don't Know Wha...