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Tom Adair

 
Artist: Tom Adair
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  • Born: June 15, 1913, Newton, KS
  • Died: May 24, 1988, Honolulu, HI
  • Active: '40s, '50s, '60s
  • Genres: Vocal Music
  • Instrument: Songwriter

Biography

Tom Adair is the lyric writer who teamed with Matt Dennis to pen several of the best-known songs associated with Frank Sinatra, including "Everything Happens to Me," "Let's Get Away From It All," "Will You Still Be Mine?," "The Night We Called It a Day," "There's No You," and "Violets for Your Furs." While working for the power company and writing poems for the Saturday Evening Post, Adair met Dennis and showed him some of the lyrics he'd written for "Will You Still Be Mine?" Dennis' connections with Tommy Dorsey resulted in the song being recorded quite soon and it resulted in a hit. Many of the team's best songs followed on its heels, including "Let's Get Away From It All," "Everything Happens to Me," and "The Night We Called It a Day," all recorded either by Dorsey with Frank Sinatra on vocals or by Sinatra solo. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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Tom Adair
Birth name Thomas Montgomery Adair
Born June 15, 1913(1913-06-15)
Newton, Kansas, United States
Died May 24, 1988 (aged 74)
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Occupations Songwriter, composer, and screenwriter

Thomas "Tom" Montgomery Adair (June 15, 1913 – May 24, 1988) was an American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter.

Biography

Born in Newton, Kansas, worked at a power company and the Saturday Evening Post, writing numerous poems, while penning the songs in his spare time. In 1941, Adair met Matt Dennis in a club and the duo began writing songs together. Adair and Dennis wrote numerous songs for Bing Crosby, Tommy Dorsey, and Dinah Shore and penned Frank Sinatra's hit "Let's Get Away from It All." In 1949, Adair wrote the lyrics for the Broadway production of Along Fifth Avenue.

After meeting screenwriter James B. Allardice while working on The Ann Sothern Show in the late 1950, the two began writing television series together. The partnership ended when Allardice unexpected died of a heart attack in 1966. After Allardice's death, Adair stopped gave up his screenwriting career.

Award nominations

Year Award Result Category Film
1957 Academy Award Nominated Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Julie (Shared with Leith Stevens)
1969 Emmy Award Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant (Shared with John Scott Trotter )

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