Bob Merrill
Musician · 1921–1998 · Atlantic City, New Jersey
Best known for
Songwriter
Bob Merrill was an American Tin Pan Alley and Broadway lyricist whose 1950 song “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake” was a No. 1 pop hit for Eileen Barton and whose 1964 lyrics for Jule Styne’s Funny Girl Broadway score (“People,” “Don’t Rain on My Parade”) became Barbra Streisand vehicles.
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- Born May 17, 1921, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
- Wrote the Tin Pan Alley hits “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake” (1950) and “(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window” (1953).
- Wrote lyrics for the Broadway musicals New Girl in Town (1957) and Funny Girl (1964, with Jule Styne).
- Died February 17, 1998.
