Helmy Kresa, (born in Meissen, Germany on November 7, 1904,[1] died 1991, Long Island, New York) was a songwriter and the principal arranger and orchestrator for Irving Berlin.
[2] In 1931, Kresa wrote "That's My Desire", which Frankie Laine, Louis Armstrong and a host of others recorded.
He also composed the instrumental music for Martin Scorsese's film Raging Bull.
Kresa's was the first published arrangement of "All of Me", written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons.
He also acted as the arranger for Berlin for some stage musicals, including Call Me Madam (1952), Miss Liberty (1950) and Annie Get Your Gun (1949).