Career
He is best known for co-writing two jazz standards with Spencer Williams: "Everybody Loves My Baby" and "I"ve Foundation a New Baby". Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Palmer worked on New York City"s Tin Pan Alley as a staff writer and wrote songs with many different co-authors. With Cab Calloway he wrote two film soundtrack hits, "Jumpin" Jive" (1939) and "Boog lieutenant" (1940).
