Roc Hillman(1910-2011)
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("Cumana", "My Devotion"), composer, guitarist, and author,
educated at the University of Colorado. He was a sports reporter for
the Denver Post, and performed with his father in vaudeville, then was
a guitarist in dance orchestras, eventually writing and directing Army
shows during World War II and going on to become a music director for
NBC Television in Hollywood. Joining ASCAP in 1943, his other
popular-song compositions include "Long May We Love", "Just Lately", "I
Bought a Wooden Whistle", "My Serenade", "A Gal in Nogales", "It Began
in Havana", "The New Look", and "Timbales".