Jack Lloyd(1922-1976)

Composer, author and actor Jack Lloyd was educated in Holland schools. He came to the US in 1939 and studied at Ohio University. He acted in radio in New York and Hollywood, eventually becoming a director by the early 1940s. Joining the US Army, he served as a ski trooper. Coming to Hollywood in 1951, he wrote for "The Bob Crosby Show" for three years, then "The Giselle MacKenzie Show" and "The Red Skelton Show" from 1958. Joining ASCAP in 1955, his chief musical collaborators included David Rose, Ernest Gold, Alan Copeland, Victor Young, Hal Dickinson, Al Pellegrini and Hoagy Carmichael, and his chief popular-music compositions include "Summer Kisses, Winter Tears", "You've Never Been in Love", "Love is A Wonderful Thing", "Candlelight Conversation", "Wishing Well", "The Silver Waltz", "Darling, Darling, Darling", "Two Kisses", "Ring of Brass", "The Little White Light", "Warm and Tender", "Don't Look Back", "Two Strangers in The City", "The Greatest Gift", "On the Carousel", and "The Blues Make the Night Too Long".