Hal Levy papers, 1936-1970

Hal Levy was a lyricist and publisher in the music industry. Levy was born in 1916 and attended the University of California, Los Angeles. He went to work for the Mark Warnow Music Company in late 1947 and went on to write the lyrics for numerous songs between the 1940s and 1960s, including the soundtracks for the movies "The First Travelling Saleslady" (1956) and "Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer" (1956). He also wrote lyrics for numerous composers, including Alan Bergman and Irving Gertz. During the 1950s and 1960s, Levy was the owner of Mark Warnow Music Company and its successor Leeway Music, which published his own work and that of many other composers including Alan Bergman and Irving Gertz. In addition to his lyric writing and music publishing, he also worked as a radio and television writer, wrote album liner notes for several record companies, and taught popular lyric writing at the University of California, Los Angeles. Hal Levy pas sed away in 1970.