Bob Merrill Quotes

Bob Merrill was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was an American songwriter, theatrical composer and screenwriter. He was the second most successful songwriter of the 1950s on the UK Singles Chart. He began his songwriting career writing tunes for Dorothy Shay. One of his first major hits was a country song co-written by Moon Mullican in 1950 entitled "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry", and the 1950 novelty song "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake", co-written with Al Hoffman and Clem Watts, and initially recorded by Eileen Barton.