Fred Tobias (March 25, 1928, New York City – May 20, 2021, Naples, Florida) ^[1] was an American songwriter, who was most prominent in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Tobias' songs have been performed by numerous performers, including Elvis Presley, Bobby Rydell, The Poni-Tails, Patti Page, Susan Maughan, Hank Locklin, Jimmy Jones, Roy Orbison, k.d. Lang, Showaddywaddy and Ricky Nelson. ^{[2] [3]} His most successful songs were " Good Timin' by Jimmy Jones, " Little Bitty Girl" by Bobby Rydell, "Johnny Will" by Pat Boone and "Hello, This is Joanie" by Paul Evans. His song " Born Too Late" by the Poni-Tails reached number 7 in the US and number 5 in the UK in 1958. ^[4] His " Blue River" co-written with Paul Evans was performed by Elvis Presley in 1966, reaching number 22 in the UK charts. ^{[5] [6]}

Tobias worked with several other composers including Lee Pockriss, Charles Strouse, Burt Bacharach, Clint Ballard Jr., Stanley Lebowsky and Paul Evans. ^[7] He also contributed to film musicals writing "Take Off With Us" from All That Jazz with Stanley Lebowsky and the lyrics for the musicals Gantry, Fosse and Pousse-Café. ^{[8] [9]}

Tobias died on May 20, 2021, aged 93. ^[10]

References

External links

• Fred Tobias at IMDb