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Israel Melnikoff (September 22, 1902 – July 10, 1994), known professionally as Robert Mellin, was a Russian Empire -born American composer and lyricist and music publisher. He was born in Kyiv and raised in Chicago, where his first job was music plugger at Remick Music.
"My One and Only Love" is a 1953 popular song with music written by Guy Wood and lyrics by Robert Mellin. Notable renditions by Frank Sinatra (1953), and later by John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963), have made the song part of the jazz standard musical repertoire.
From 1952 he worked extensively in Europe, founding Robert Mellin Ltd in England. He also joined several performing right societies in Europe, becoming a member of SDRM (France) in March 1973, SABAM (Belgium) in April 1973 and SACEM (also France) from February 1979.
- September 22, 1902
- July 10, 1994
Jul 10, 1994 · Composer and lyricist born in Kiev, moved to England for a short stay while a baby and with his family immigrated to the United States of which Mellin became a citizen in 1938, but from the mid-1970s made London his permanent home. Mellin also ran a music publishing business.
- September 22, 1902
- July 10, 1994
"My One and Only Love" is a popular song with music written by Guy Wood and lyrics by Robert Mellin. Published in 1953, it is a conventional 32-bar song with...
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Jan 10, 2023 · "My One and Only Love" is a 1953 popular song with music written by Guy Wood and lyrics by Robert Mellin. Notable renditions by Frank Sinatra (1953), and lat...
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The English compositor Robert Mellin wrote the music and the lyrics of ‘I’m Yours’ (1952) and the music of ‘Stranger on the Shore’ (1962), Mr. Acker Bilk’s worldwide hit, that reached first place in several countries such as Great Britain and the US.
