Career
He also wrote or co-wrote many other popular songs including Inka Dinka Doo, M-I-South-South-I-South-South-I-P-P-I, Number Nothing, Plus Je T"Embrasse, The Thrill of a New Romance, When Francis Dances With Maine, and When I Send You a Picture of Berlin. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Ryan was also a vaudeville performer, film actor and screen writer Following a lengthy illness, on July 5, 1968, he died in Leonia, New Jersey.
