Fred Wise
In the collection
3 records
Played with
Elvis Presley
3 records together
The Jordanaires
3 records together
Ben Weisman
3 records together
Don Robertson
2 records together
Hal Blair
2 records together
Tepper-Bennett
2 records together
Hugo Peretti
1 record together
Luigi Creatore
1 record together
Sylvia Dee
1 record together
George David Weiss
1 record together
Al Hoffman
1 record together
Otis Blackwell
1 record together
About
American songwriter (mostly lyricist).
Born May 27, 1915 in New York, New York, USA.
Died January 18, 1966 in New York, New York, USA. Married to Elaine Rivers (Elaine Wise).
Wise wrote many of the songs Elvis Presley performed in films. Often collaborated with Randy Starr, Ben Weisman, Edward Thomas or . Wise had at least 36 of his songs recorded by Elvis.
Wise was also a practicing psychologist, though he began writing songs while in college. He was a member of ASCAP for 25 years and graduated from Columbia University. Wise received a Ph.D. in psychology at Columbia University in 1957. He worked in the publicity department of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film company after college.