Background
Bierman was born in New York City.
Bierman was born in New York City.
He studied pre-law and law at New York University and Brooklyn Law School, passing the bar in 1930.
He practiced law until 1942 when he joined the United States. Army where he served until 1945. After the war he was part of Tin Pan Alley, writing a multitude of songs that were performed by such artists as Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, Billy Eckstine, Harry James, Guy Lombardo, Sammy Kaye, Xavier Cugat and Jimmy Heath. He retired from music in 1952, but returned in 1986 when his song "Cuban Mambo" was featured in the Woody Allen film Crimes and Misdemeanors.
(1946 Midnight Masquerade, recorded by Sammy Kaye, words a...)