In either 1937[1] or 1938,[2] the pair moved to New York City to begin their songwriting careers.
They wrote the 1940 hit song "Goodbye Now" for the 1938 Broadway musical revue Hellzapoppin, but years went by without further success.
In 1944, they moved to Hollywood at the encouragement of Johnny Mercer to work in films.
[1] In 1946, five versions of their "To Each His Own" (performed by Eddy Howard, Tony Martin, Freddy Martin & His Orchestra, The Modernaires and The Ink Spots) were in the Top Ten on the Billboard charts simultaneously, with three eventually peaking at number one.
[3] They received three Academy Awards for Best Song - for "Buttons and Bows" in The Paleface (1948), "Mona Lisa" in Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) and "Que Sera Sera" in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - and a total of seven nominations.