Harold Rome

Harold Jacob "Hecky" Rome (May 27, 1908 – October 26, 1993) and graduated from Hartford Public High School. Originally, he chose to go to Trinity College, but transferred because he felt like a "townie." Rome played piano in local dance bands such as Eddie Wittstein's and was already writing music while studying architecture and law at Yale University.

In the early 1940s, Rome wrote songs for several revues and shows, but it was not until after the end of World War II that he had his next real success with Call Me Mister. His first full-fledged musical was Wish You Were Here in 1952.

Rome died of a stroke in New York City at the age of 85.

Works Shows 1937: Pins and Needles 1940: The Little Dog Laughed 1946: Call Me Mister 1948: That's the Ticket (Phila.) 1950: Bless You All 1952: Wish You Were Here 1954: Fanny 1959: Destry Rides Again 1962: I Can Get It for You Wholesale 1965: The Zulu and the Zayda 1939: "Who's Gonna Investigate the Man Who Investigates Me?" (first sung by Zero Mostel) 1945: "(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings" (from the French song "Ma Mie" by Henri Laurent Herpin; English lyric by Harold Rome), sung by Kathryn Grayson in the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh. Versions by Johnnie Johnston and by Martha Stewart were hits in 1945 reaching numbers 7 and 12 respectively in the Billboard chart. 1962: "Miss Marmelstein" and "Who Knows?" from I Can Get It for You Wholesale