Sonny Burke

Joseph "Sonny" Burke, American musical arranger, composer, Big Band leader and producer.
Born: March 22, 1914 in Scranton, Pennsylvania,
Died: May 31, 1980 in Santa Monica, California
Note: For funk - soul - jazz keyboardist, use Sonny Burke (2).
Do not confuse with songwriter Joe Burke (3).

In 1937, he graduated from Duke University. During the 30s and 40s he was a big band leader in New York (including Mel Tormé.

He is credited as co-composer of "Midnight Sun", the Frank Sinatra's albums.

His song titles are listed at both BMI (with 61 titles) and ASCAP (with 210 titles).