[1][page needed] Returning to the United States, he graduated from Montclair High School in 1915 and enlisted in the Navy during World War I.
[citation needed] Besides As Time Goes By, his best-known songs include Sing Something Simple, Let's Put Out the Lights (and Go to Sleep), When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba, I've Gotta Get Up and Go to Work, Are You Making Any Money?, Savage Serenade, Down the Old Back Road, A Hut in Hoboken, Night Owl, Honey Ma Love, Baby's Blue, Untitled and The Calinda.
While Hupfeld was alive, their house was often visited by people from the world of entertainment, including Bing Crosby and Mae West.
[3] In 1931, the song was a modest hit, with versions issued on Victor, Columbia, Brunswick and the dime store labels.
[citation needed] The song was featured in the unproduced play Everybody Comes To Rick's, the basis for the Casablanca story and script.