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Lee Julian Pockriss (January 20, 1924 – November 14, 2011) Lee Pockriss, Songwriter Behind ‘Itsy Bitsy’ Bikini, Dies at 87 in New York Times. November 17, 2011. was an American songwriter who wrote popular songs and scores for films and Broadway shows, mainly during the 1960s and 1970s.
He also wrote Anita Bryant's "My Little Corner of the World", recorded in 1960, Shelley Fabares' "Johnny Angel", recorded in 1962, and Clint Holmes' "Playground in My Mind", recorded in 1972.
Pockriss wrote seven original songs for MGM's full-length animated film The Phantom Tollbooth, scored the film The Subject Was Roses and wrote the title songs for One, Two, Three and the 1966 Western Stagecoach.
In 1969, Pockriss wrote the unproduced musical "Gatsby" based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel. with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh and book by Hugh Wheeler.The New York Times. A Musical Version of ‘Gatsby,’ Four Decades Late by Rachel Lee Harris, September 29, 2011. UnsungMusicalsCo. Inc. presented its world premiere in concert form as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival in September 2011.The Bob Rogers Show, Radio 2CH, 09:21AEST, 18 November 2011. GATSBY: THE SONGS IN CONCERT New York Musical Theatre Festival. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
Sesame Street
In the 1980s, Pockriss wrote several songs for the children's educational series Sesame Street, including "I'm Between" (sung by Tony), "My Polliwog Ways" (sung by Kermit the Frog), "Transylvania Love Call" (Count von Count), and "My Rock" (Bert).
Death
Pockriss died aged 87, on November 14, 2011, at his home in Bridgewater, Connecticut, United States, following a long illness.
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Categories: 1924 Births, 2011 Deaths, United States Army Air Forces Personnel Of World War Ii, American Cryptographers, Musicians From Brooklyn, American Musical Theatre Composers, American Male Musical Theatre Composers, Jewish American Songwriters, Songwriters From New York, New York University Alumni, Erasmus Hall High School Alumni, Mathematicians From New York, Brooklyn College Alumni, 21st-century American Jews
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