ABOUT RALPH RAINGER
Composed I Wished on the Moon, Blue Hawaii, Love in Bloom, and Thanks for the Memory. He mainly worked in films.
He graduated from Brown University. He began his career on Broadway working for Clifton Webb as his accompanist.
He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
He died in a midair collision, leaving behind his wife Elizabeth and his three children.
He collaborated with Leo Robin on Thanks for the Memory, which became Bob Hope's signature song.
