George David Weiss

George David Weiss

American songwriter and President of the Songwriters Guild of America. He also played violin, piano, saxophone and clarinet.
He was born April 9, 1921, New York City, New York, U.S.A., died August 23, 2010 in Oldwick, NJ, U.S.A.

His songs, including "What a Wonderful World", "Can't Help Falling In Love With You", "Lullaby Of Birdland", have been recorded by such artists as [a=Tom Jones], [a=Mel Tormé], [a=Elvis Presley], [a=Dinah Washington], [a=Stylistics] or [a=Sammy Davis Jr.].

http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/bio/C24
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_David_Weiss