Songwriter (usually lyricist) - Co-wrote Teddy Bear/Elvis; Let's Twist Again/Chubby Checker; Limbo Rock/Chubby Checker & The Champs; You Can't Sit Down & Bristol Stomp/The Dovells; Wild One/Bobby Rydell; Butterfly/Charlie Gracie & Andy William

Scottish Flight Lieutenant WW II was awarded the Victoria Cross for action during air combat over Dusseldorf, Germany on November 3, 1943