Harry Woods

Tin Pan Alley lyricist Harry Woods composed many hits during the 1920s and 1930s. Although he was known as a drinker and a fighter, Woods penned such songs as "A Little Kiss Each Morning" (1929) and "Try a Little Tenderness" (1932). He's also responsible for several million-selling hits, including "When the Red Red Robin Comes Bobbing Along" (1926), "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover," and "Side by Side," both written in 1927. "Side by Side" was originally recorded by the most popular bandleader of the '20s, Paul Whiteman. That song and "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" ...