Milton Leeds

American songwriter & lyricist known for song "[i]Perfidia[/i]" (co-written by [a=Alberto Dominguez]) and for song "[i]Misirlou[/i]" (co-written by Fred Wise, Nicholas Roubanis & Sidney Keith Russell).

Born December 4, 1909 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

Died August 14, 2005 in Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

The song "[i]Perfidia[/i]" has been covered nearly 500 times. The song has charted four times in the U.S., with the highest rank #3 by Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra in 1941. Leeds also charted four times with the song "[i]You, You, You Are the One[/i]" (co-written by Fred Wise & Tetos Demey), with its highest charting 1949 by The Three Suns (#21).