Ned Washington

American pop lyricist Ned Washington wrote many hits for Broadway and film from the 1930s through the 1960s. He began his career in music as a vaudeville MC and served as an agent for some of the vaudeville performers. Eventually, Washington began writing material for the vaudeville acts, and so started songwriting. One of his tunes was used in Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1928 and the following year, Washington was hired by Warner Bros. While working for them, Washington had a big hit with "Singing in the Bathtub," which was used in the revue Show of Shows. For the cinema, Wash...