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According to the IMDb Merrill was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Other sources claim he was born and raised in Philadelphia in 1923. In any case he moved to New York City and later to Hollywood. His first hit song was ""If I Knew You Were Comin', I'd've Baked a Cake". The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) [1] is an online database of information about actors, movies, television shows, television stars and video games. ... Map of Atlantic City in Atlantic County Coordinates: , Country United States State New Jersey County Atlantic Incorporated May 1, 1854 Government  - Mayor Bob Levy Area  - City  17. ... For other uses, see Philadelphia (disambiguation) and Philly. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... ...

Throughout the 1940s and 1950s Merrill was responsible for penning a string of chart hits including "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania", "Love Makes the World Go 'Round", "Sparrow in the Tree Top", and "Mambo Italiano". Many of the songs he wrote were recorded by Guy Mitchell. His most famous song, "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?", was a hit for Patti Page. Some of his songs were written in collaboration with Jule Styne. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The 1950s decade refers to the years 1950 to 1959 inclusive. ... Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is a popular song. ... Love Makes the World Go Round is a popular song It was written by Bob Merrill in 1961 for the musical play External link Song lyric Categories: Song stubs ... Sparrow in the Treetop is a popular song. ... Mambo Italiano is a popular song, written by Bob Merrill in 1954. ... Guy Mitchell (February 22, 1927-July 1, 1999) was an American pop singer, who was even more successful in the United Kingdom than his homeland, despite being an international recording star of the 1950s with five #1 singles. ... (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? is a popular song. ... Patti Page (born Clara Ann Fowler on November 8, 1927 in Claremore, Oklahoma) is one of the best-known female singers in traditional pop music. ...

Merrill later returned to Broadway to pen musicals. His first major musical success was New Girl in Town - directed by George Abbott, which won a New York Drama Critic prize in 1964. The biggest hit was the Barbra Streisand vehicle Funny Girl, which spawned the enduring Don't Rain on My Parade and People. For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... A New Girl in Town (Musical) A New Girl in Town was a musical from a book by George Abbott, which was based on Eugene ONeills play Anna Christie. The music was written by Bob Merrill. ... George Abbott (June 25, 1887 - January 31, 1995) was a theatre producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than seven decades. ... Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ... Original cast album Funny Girl is a semi-biographical musical based on the life and career of Broadway and film star and comedienne Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein. ...

According to the Internet Broadway Database entry on Merrill, he sometimes penned works under the pseudonym of "Paul Stryker". Internet Broadway Database The Internet Broadway Database (IBDb) is an online database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel. ... A pseudonym (Greek: , pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons legal name. ...

Merrill became progressively more ill in the mid-1990s. He finally shot himself and died in February 1998.

Compositions

Recorded by Guy Mitchell

• Chicka Boom
• Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po)
• Look At That Girl
• My Truly, Truly Fair
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• She Wears Red Feathers
• Sparrow in the Tree Top
• Walkin' to Missouri

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Works for Broadway

• New Girl In Town, musicalization of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie (1957) - music and lyrics - Tony nomination for Best Musical, starred Gwen Verdon
• Take Me Along (1959), based on O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness!; - music and lyrics - Tony nomination for Best Musical, starred Jackie Gleason, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Morse - revived in 1985
• Carnival! (1961) - music and lyrics, based on motion picture "Lili" - Tony nomination for Best Musical, featured "Love Makes the World Go 'Round", starred Anna Maria Alberghetti, Jerry Orbach
• Funny Girl (1964) - lyrics - (music by Jule Styne);Tony Nominations for Best Musical and Best Original Score
• Breakfast at Tiffany's (1966) - music and lyrics - closed during previews, starred Mary Tyler Moore and Richard Chamberlain
• Henry, Sweet Henry (1967), based on book and film The World of Henry Orient - music and lyrics, starred Don Ameche
• Prettybelle (1971) - book and lyrics - closed in Boston
• Sugar, (1972), based on motion picture "Some Like It Hot" - lyrics (music by Jule Styne), starred Robert Morse, Tony Roberts
• The Red Shoes (1993) - lyrics (music by Jule Styne)

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• Barbara Cook's Broadway! (2004) - concert - featured songwriter

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Others

• Honeycomb
• Candy and Cake
• If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake (with Al Hoffman and Clem Watts)
• Love Makes the World Go 'Round
• Make Yourself Comfortable
• Mambo Italiano
• Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol 1962
• (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?
• Tina Marie

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External links

• Bob Merrill at the Internet Broadway Database
• "The Worst Songwriter of All Time", a critical overview of Merrill's output by Mark Steyn