Fred E. Ahlert
plays/is: Composer

Born Sep 19, 1892 in New York, NY.
Died Oct 20, 1953 in New York, NY.

Biography:
Fred E. Ahlert was an American composer and songwriter. He received a degree from Fordham Law School, but instead of pursuing a legal career he began work as an arranger, initially for Irving Aaronson and his Commanders and then for composer and band-leader Fred Waring. Ahlert had his first hit song in 1920, and eventually started his own publishing company in 1928.