BURGIE, IRVING LOUIS

BURGIE, IRVING LOUIS (LORD BURGESS). Songwriter (28 July 1924 in New York, New York). He obtained his musical education at the Juilliard School of Music in New York (1946-48), the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (1948-49), and the University of Southern California at Los Angeles (1949-50). During his service in the U.S. Armed Forces (1942-45) he was encouraged to develop his musical skills; he sang in a chapel choir and studied musical theory. After his...