Ned Washington

Songwriter, born 15 August 1901 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, died 20 December 1976 in Los Angeles, California.

Active as a songwriter from the late 1920s well into the 1960s, he has penned the lyrics to many popular songs such as [i]I'm Getting Sentimental Over You[/i] (1932), [i]When You Wish Upon A Star[/i] (1940), [i]High Noon[/i] (1952) and the theme song from [i]Rawhide[/i] (1958).

Washington was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.