Alberta Nichols

Together with her husband, lyricist Mann Holiner, they composed over 100 songs, of which their most famous were "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" and "A Love Like Ours".

[1] Nichols was born in Lincoln, Illinois, on December 3, 1898[2] and studied piano[3] at the Louisville Conservatory with George Copeland and Alfred Calzin.

[5] Nichols and Holiner wrote the music for several Broadway shows, including Blackbirds of 1933, and Angela, which starred Jeanette MacDonald.

[6] Collaborating with Cahn, Chapin and Freeman, the Nichols-Holiners team wrote the music for the film, Rhapsody in Black.

"A Love Like Ours" considered by Virginia Grattan to be one of the best songs of the duo, was in the film Two Girls and a Sailor starring Van Johnson and June Allyson.