Doc Pomus

Doc Pomus (born Jerome Solon Felder, January 27, 1925 in Brooklyn, NY; died of lung cancer March 14, 1991 in New York City, NY) was a pioneering American songwriter and, initially, a blues singer whose lyrics helped define early rock ’n’ roll and pop. His achievements center on his partnership with Mort Shuman, his catalog of hits for legend artists (over 20 for Elvis Presley alone), his lasting institutional recognition and regard as a “founding father” of popular music who moved from a crutch-using blues shouter in Greenwich Village clubs to a behind-the-scenes architect of rock ’n’ roll’s golden age.