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{{short description|American songwriter}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Leo Robin | background = non_performing_personnel | image = Leo Robin in 1934.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1895|4|6|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1984|12|29|1895|4|6}} | death_place = [[Woodland Hills, California]], U.S. | occupation = [[Composer]], [[lyricist]], [[songwriter]] | associated_acts = [[Richard A. Whiting]]<br>[[Sam Coslow]]<br>[[Ralph Rainger]]<br>[[Jule Styne]] }} '''Leo Robin''' (April 6, 1895 β December 29, 1984)<ref name="Hall">{{Cite web|url=https://www.songhall.org/profile/Leo_Robin|title=Leo Robin | Songwriters Hall of Fame|website=Songhall.org|access-date=October 7, 2021}}</ref> was an American [[composer]], [[lyricist]] and [[songwriter]]. He is probably best known for collaborating with [[Ralph Rainger]] on the 1938 [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Oscar]]-winning song "[[Thanks for the Memory]]," sung by [[Bob Hope]] and [[Shirley Ross]] in the film ''[[The Big Broadcast of 1938]]'', and with [[Jule Styne]] on "[[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend]]".
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