Robin, Leo
(1900–1984)> LYRICIST
Leo Robin Lyricist Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 6, 1900; Los Angeles, California, December 29, 1984. Robin’s major collaborator was Ralph Rainger, but he also worked with Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Richard Whiting, Harold Arlen, Jule Styne, and Harry Warren. Robin was educated at the University of Pittsburgh law school. His first big song came in 1926 with Albert Von Tilzer , “My Cutey’s Due at Two-to-Two Today,” with the Clevelanders making it a novelty hit (Brunswick 3279). In 1927 he…