Ervin Litkei (19 December 1921 – 8 February 2000) was a Hungarian American composer and music executive who spent most of his career in the United States.
He worked as an architect and journalist in Budapest after World War II.
He met record producer Ethel Gabriel who introduced him to Eli Oberstein, the chief of RCA Victor at the time.
Some of his marches were played at inaugural ceremonies (including those for Lyndon Johnson and George Bush).
Representative Richard T. Schulze of Pennsylvania submitted the lyrics of the composition to the Congressional Record.
[4] He and his wife made a $10,000 donation to the Songwriters' Hall of Fame to establish a scholarship fund: Best march or patriotic song composed by a high school student from New York.
Hanlit became well known for being the sole U.S. publisher and distributor of Beatles sheet music starting in 1966.