Eddie DeLange

[1] Famous artists who recorded some of DeLange's songs include Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman.

[1] His father was the playwright and actor Louis De Lange,[2] and his mother was the actress Selma Mantell.

[2][3] His father tragically died when he was two years old, being found dead in a hotel room with his throat slit in what was possibly a murder or a suicide.

[1] He formed a new partnership with another composer, Jimmy Van Heusen, and together they produced a large number of hits, including "Darn That Dream".

Eddie DeLange lived the rest of his life in Los Angeles, writing music for motion pictures.