In 1951, he wrote the English lyrics of the French song "Maître Pierre" which were written in 1948 by Jacques Plante with the music of Henri Betti. The title song became "The Windmill Song" and the song was recorded in New York October 24, 1951 by The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra.
Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 467-468.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.