Jay Gorney

b. Abraham Jacob Gornetzsky, 12 December 1894, Bialystok, Russia, d. 14 June 1990, New York City, New York, USA. With his family, Gorney relocated to the USA at the age of 10, settling in Detroit, Michigan. There he studied piano, and played in a school orchestra, in bars and for silent films. After studying law and music theory at the University of Michigan he briefly practiced law, then turned to music. From the early 20s his songs appeared in shows and he was most often in collaboration with lyricist E.Y. ‘Yip' Harburg. For Dancing Girl (1923) he composed ‘I've Been Waiting...