Arthur Siegel (December 31, 1923 - September 13, 1994) was an American songwriter.
Siegel studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and studied music at the Juilliard School.
[1] Hits he composed included "Monotonous" (written in collaboration with June Carroll, famously performed by Eartha Kitt), "Penny Candy", "Love is a Simple Thing" and "I Want You to Be the First One to Know".
In 1962, Siegel collaborated with Kaye Ballard on an LP, Peanuts, on which he played Charlie Brown and she played Lucy Van Pelt from the album's comic strip namesake by Charles M. Schulz, dramatizing a series of vignettes drawn from the strip's archive.
[5] Siegel died at the age of 70 on September 13, 1994, at his home in Manhattan due to heart failure.