Be" "Tillie the Twirler" See also Inductees of the Songwriters Hall of Fame Aldon Music List of HIV-positive people Quotation "After Howie's mother Ella had seen me, he came ringing my doorbell. I was playing Chopin, and he said, My mother heard you play and thought we could write a song together". – Neil Sedaka, in Goldmine magazine, recalling this event. References External links History-of-Rock [ Allmusic] Songwriters Hall of Fame biography page 1936 births 1986 deaths Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn) alumni Songwriters from New York (state) American lyricists People from Brighton Beach Grammy Award winners AIDS-related deaths in California Gay composers Gay Jews Gay songwriters LGBT people from New York (state) American gay musicians American LGBT songwriters Jewish songwriters 20th-century American male musicians Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) Bewitched 20th-century LGBT people American gay writers