Milton Ebbins(1912-2008)
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Soundtrack
Film executive, songwriter ("Yale Blues", "Basic Boogie") and composer,
educated at Amherst College and a student of Chester Griffin. In 1936,
he formed his own orchestra, then became music director at CBS, and
went to New York in 1938, joining an advertising agency's radio
department. He also had been a road manager for the Jack Jenny and
Count Basie orchestras, and then a personal manager. He was the
executive vice president of Chrislaw Productions. Joining ASCAP in
1942, his chief musical collaborators included Count Basie, Bob
Russell, and Henry Nemo. His other popular-song compositions include
"Hip Hip Hooray", "Coming Out Party", "Tune Town Shuffle", "Song of the
Casbah", and "Dance of the Gremlins".