Editing Leo Robin (section)

==Biography==
Robin was born in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States.<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=2107}}</ref> His father was Max Robin, a salesman.  Leo's mother was Fannie Finkelpearl Robin. He studied at the [[University of Pittsburgh School of Law]] and at [[Carnegie Tech]]'s drama school. He later worked as a reporter and as a publicist.

Robin's first hits came in 1926 with the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production ''By the Way'', with hits in several other musicals immediately following, such as ''Bubbling Over'' (1926), ''Hit the Deck, Judy'' (1927), and ''Hello Yourself'' (1928).<ref name="LarkinGE"/><ref name="Hall"/>  In 1932, Robin went out to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] to work for [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/>  His principal collaborator was composer [[Ralph Rainger]],<ref name="LarkinGE"/> together they became one of the leading film songwriting duos of the 1930s and early 1940s, writing over 50 hits.  Robin and Rainger worked together until Rainger's death in a plane crash on October 23, 1942.  Robin continued to collaborate with many other composers over the years, including [[Harold Arlen]], [[Vincent Youmans]], [[Sam Coslow]], [[Richard A. Whiting]], Jule Styne, [[Harry Warren]] and [[Nacio Herb Brown]]. Leo Robin collaborated with Rainger on the 1938 [[Academy Award for Best Song|Oscar]]-winning song "[[Thanks for the Memory]]," sung by [[Bob Hope]] in the film ''[[The Big Broadcast of 1938]]'',<ref name="LarkinGE"/> which was to become Hope's signature tune.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141224141517/http://www.michaelfeinsteinsamericansongbook.org/songwriter.html?p=50 "Leo Robin"]}}, Michael Feinstein's Great American Songbook.</ref> Robin and Styne wrote the 1949 score for [[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)|''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'']], including "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend",<ref name="LarkinGE"/> a signature song for [[Carol Channing]] and later Marilyn Monroe.

Robin collaborated on the score for the 1955 musical film ''[[My Sister Eileen (1955 film)|My Sister Eileen]]'' with Styne, then officially retired from the [[movie industry]].  He is a member of the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]], having been inducted in 1972.  Robin wrote many popular songs, mostly for film and television, including "Louise," "[[Beyond the Blue Horizon (song)|Beyond the Blue Horizon]]" (both songs co-written by [[Richard A. Whiting]]), "[[Prisoner of Love (Russ Columbo song)|Prisoner of Love]]" and "[[Blue Hawaii (song)|Blue Hawaii]]".<ref name="LarkinGE"/>