Anastasia Delores Rohde Libbey (1 November 1919 – 4 July 1988) was a versatile American composer[1] who studied with Nadia Boulanger and wrote classical music as well as popular hit songs like "Mango".
[4][5] Libbey was born in Deland, Florida, to Anastasia Delores Shumate and Clifford Kahrwald Rohde.
[6] She won awards for playing xylophone in high school, then studied music at Stetson University; the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France, and Chicago; and privately with several teachers.
[7] Her teachers included Nadia Boulanger, Dr. William Duckwitz, the xylophonist John Heney, and Leo Sowerby.
"Mango" and some of her other songs were recorded by Petula Clark, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Marion Ryan, and Ringo Shiina.