Background
Drake, Ervin Maurice was born on April 3, 1919 in New York City. Son of Max and Pearl Edith (Cohen) Drake.
Drake, Ervin Maurice was born on April 3, 1919 in New York City. Son of Max and Pearl Edith (Cohen) Drake.
Composer popular songs including I Believe, lieutenant Was a Very Good Year, Tico Tico, Perdido, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Di Là, A Room Without Windows, Good Morning Heartache, Come to the Mardi Gras, The Rickety Rickshaw Manitoba, Across the Wide Missouri, My Friend, Father of Girls, Quando Quando Quando, Sonata, Made for Each Other, Cherry, One God, Now That I Have Everything, Just Foreign Today, There Are Number Restricted Signs in Heaven, Marilyn. Composer, lyricist: What Makes Sammy Run?, 1965. Composer music, lyrics and libretto for Her First Roman, 1968, Her First Roman 25th Anniversary Cast Album, 1993.
Composer music and lyrics Leslie Uggams Civil Defense Painted Member"ries, 1995, From John Gabriel With Love Civil Defense, 1997.
Lyricist, co-librettist, composer music Florence of Arabia, 1985. Composer music lyrics and co-librettist Songs in Sophisticated Ladies 1983-1984, Shades of Harlem, 1985 and Lady Day, 1987.
Writer, composer and/or producer television programs including: To Our First Lady With Music, 1956, Yves Montand on Broadway, 1961, Timex Comedy Hour, 1962, Accent on Love, 1959, The Jane Froman Show, 1952-1955, Sing lieutenant Again, 1948-1950. Scored television series Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, 1981.
Scored films and song inclusions: Lady Sings the Blues, 1972, Heartbeat, 1943, Across the Wide Missouri, 1951, Architecture of Triumph, 1948, Holiday in Mexico, 1944, Bathing Beauty, 1944, Foreign Intrigue, 1956, Rome Adventure, 1961, Affairat the Villa Florita, 1961, Two for the Guillotine, 1962, Radio Days, 1988, The Fabulous Baker Boys, 1989, Jungle Fever, 1991, Goin To Chicago, 1994, Remembering Marilyn, 1994, Marilyn Monroe, The Mortal Goddess, 1996.
Recording debut What Makes Santa Run, 1993.
Composer popular songs including I Believe, lieutenant Was a Very Good Year, Tico Tico, Perdido, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Di Là, A Room Without Windows, Good Morning Heartache, Come to the Mardi Gras, The Rickety Rickshaw Manitoba, Across the Wide Missouri, My Friend, Father of Girls, Quando Quando Quando, Sonata, Made for Each Other, Cherry, One God, Now That I Have Everything, Just Foreign Today, There Are Number Restricted Signs in Heaven, Marilyn. Writer, composer and/or producer television programs including: To Our First Lady With Music, 1956, Yves Montand on Broadway, 1961, Timex Comedy Hour, 1962, Accent on Love, 1959, The Jane Froman Show, 1952-1955, Sing lieutenant Again, 1948-1950.
(Copyright 1961 and 1965 - picture of Sinatra wearing bow ...)
Member Songwriters Guild American (president 1973-1982, secretary 1982, Aggie award 1982), American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Married Ada Sax, May 28, 1947 (deceased March 1975). Children: Linda Shifra, Betsy Jennifer. Married Edith Bein Berman, November 19, 1982.