Alec Wilder(1907-1980)

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983.

[on Hollywood songwriters of the 'thirties and beyond] They were vitalized by Fred Astaire and wrote in a manner they had never quite written in before. He brought out in them something a little better than their best - a little more subtlety, flair, sophistication, wit, and style - qualities he himself possesses in generous measure.