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Fascinatin' Rhythm: Chester and Frankie, 01/19/19

https://www.npr.org/2013/01/26/170202514/the-composer-who-tested-fighter-planes-and-partied-with-sinatra

Episode 1903

1/19      Chester and Frankie Chester was Chester Babcock, who changed his name to James Van Heusen and became a songwriter. Mainly, he wrote in Hollywood and mainly he wrote for Frank Sinatra. In fact, working with lyricist Johnny Burke and then Sammy Cahn, he became known as “Sinatra’s Songwriter.”