[3][4] Ram was a talent manager with his own firm, Personality Productions, and an A&R man when Tony Williams, the brother of singer Linda Hayes, auditioned for him.
[citation needed] Ram wrote the lyrics to "The Great Pretender" in the washroom of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas after being asked what The Platters follow-up to "Only You" would be.
The label on Bing Crosby's recording of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" credits it to Kent, Gannon, and Ram.
A song titled "I'll Be Home for Christmas" was also copyrighted on August 24, 1943, by Walter Kent (music) and James "Kim" Gannon (words).
[5] Unlike other talent managers of the era who were known for stealing and publishing songs others had written, Ram did not need to do so.
As in the Christmas standard, the court ruled that the names of Artie Dunn and the Nevin brothers, writers of the instrumental, be included.