[ George Weiss ]
b, April 9, 1921, New York, NY, USA.
né:George David Weiss
Overview
Mostly active during the 1940's and fifties, George Weiss collaborated mostly with Bennie Benjamin on both the music and the lyrics. Only a few of his songs became big hits, and they include:
1946 "Oh, What It Seemed to Be"
1952 "Wheel of Fortune"
1956 "Mr. Wonderful"
"Too Close for Comfort."

   [ Pete Wendling ]
b. June 6, 1888, d. April 1974
Overview
Pete was one of the true Tin Pan Alley type of musicians, a composer and lyricist.Between the years 1919 to 1929, he made a great many piano rolls, for the player pianos that were then in vogue.Over his career, he produced a huge number of songs, written with a great many different collaborators. For example:

Edgar Leslie; Grant Clarke, and Pete Wendling wrote:
"He Loves It", recorded in 1922 by Eddie Cantor.

Al Bryan, Jimmy Monaco, and Pete Wendling wrote
"Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away"

...........Wendling wrote
"Yaka Hula, Hickey Doola"

George Whiting and Wendling wrote
"I'm Growing Fonder of You",recorded by Fats Waller in 1934

Bert Kalmar; Edgar Leslie, and Pete Wendling wrote
"Oh What A Friend Is Mary

Mack Gordon, Pete Wendling wrote
"Just a Little Dance, Mam'selle"

Charles O'Flynn and Pete Wendling wrote
"I'm Tinkled Pink With A Blue Eyed Baby"

George Meyer, Charles O'Flynn, and Pete Wendling wrote
"I'm Sure of Everything But You"

Jack Neskill, Harry Richman, and Pete Wendling wrote
"There's Danger In Your Eyes, Cherie"

Haven Gillespie and Pete Wendling wrote
"By The Sycamore Tree"

Coleman Goetz and Pete Wendling wrote
"I Have To Have You"

Benny Davis and Pete Wendling wrote
"How Long Has This Been Going On"

John Klenner and Pete Wendling wrote
"Crying Myself To Sleep"

   [ Percy Wenrich ]
Jan. 23, 1887, Joplin, MO USA,d. March 17, 1952, New York, N.Y, USA
Overview
Percy was another of our great vaudevillian-composers. He, and his wife Dolly Connolly, performed on vaudeville stages for fifteen years while Percy continued to compose songs.

Wenrich, the son of a postmaster, came from a musical family. His mother taught him to play the organ and the piano while he was still a child. A little later, he would write melodies and his father would write the lyrics. Often, his songs were heard at conventions and politcal rallies. When he was 21 years old, he enrolled in the Chicago Music College, and while there had two of his songs published by a Chicago publisher. Both song titles, "Ashy Africa" and Just Because I'm From Missouri" were suggested by one of the partners, Frank Buck, who later found fame as a Hollywood producersof African adventure and travel films.

After graduation, he found work in a Milwaukee store as a music demonstrator. While there, he published another tune called "Under a Tropical Moon", with lyric by C. R. MacDonald. A little later, her settled in New York City.

Brief Chronology:
1908 "Rainbow", lyric by Alfred Bryan.
"Up in a Balloon", lyric by Ren Shields.

Among his biggest hits were:
1909 "Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet", lyric Stanley Murphy
1912 "Moonlight Bay", lyric by Edward Madden
1914 "When You Wore A Tulip", lyric by Jack Mahoney
1914 Scored the Broadway show 'Crinoline Girl'.
1921 Scored the Broadway show 'The Right Girl'.
1926 Scored the Broadway show 'Castles in the Air'
1930 Scored the Broadway show 'Who Cares?'.

Among the many others songs he wrote with varying success are:
"Silver Bell", lyric by Madden
"She Took Mother's Advice", lyric by Murphy
"Sweet Cider Time", lyric by Joseph McCarthy
"Where Do We Go From Here", lyric by Howard Johnson. (A WW1 tune about the draft.)

Percy died in New York City in 1952, at age 65.