Passing: Jack Lawrence, Writer of Hit Songs (NY Times)

From The New York Times:

By RICHARD SEVERO
Published: March 18, 2009

Mr. Lawrence’s biggest hits, with lyrics that tend toward the dreamy, romantic and simple, include:

If I Didn’t Care,” for which he wrote both the lyrics and music and which, in 1939, became the Ink Spots’s first hit.

“All or Nothing at All,” with music by Arthur Altman, a No. 1 song in 1943 for Frank Sinatra, with the Harry James Orchestra.

“Linda,” for which Mr. Lawrence wrote the lyrics and the music, a No. 1 hit in 1947 for Buddy Clark that was successfully reprised by Jan and Dean in 1963.

And “Tenderly,” with music by Walter Gross, which hit the charts in 1947 when sung by Sarah Vaughan and again in 1952 when it helped re-ignite Rosemary Clooney's career.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/arts/music/18lawrence.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries