Arthur Korb was an American

United States

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 songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 of popular music

Popular music

Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...

 songs.

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University

Harvard University

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, earning the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts (postgraduate)|Master of Arts] there. In 1953 Korb joined ASCAP.

Among the songs which he wrote were "Acres of Diamonds," "Autumn Avenue," "The Fool of the Year," "Go On with the Wedding

Go on with the Wedding

"Go on with the Wedding" is a popular song.It was written by Arthur Korb, Charles Purvis, and Milton Yakus and published in 1956.The recording by Patti Page was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70766. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on January 14, 1956...

," "A Man Is Ten Feet Tall," "My Truly True Love," "She's Gonna Be Mine," "Take Me Home," "It Takes Time", and "Tell Me."

The song "It Takes Time" was recorded by Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....

, Doris Day

Doris Day

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, Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman

Benjamin David “Benny” Goodman was an American jazz and swing musician, clarinetist and bandleader; widely known as the "King of Swing".In the mid-1930s, Benny Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in America...

 and Johnny Mercer

Johnny Mercer

John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...

 among others.

One of his collaborators was Milton Yakus

Milton Yakus

Milton Yakus was a popular songwriter.Among the songs he wrote or co-wrote:*"Annie Oakley"*"At the River"*"Go on with the Wedding"*"I Love Love Love Love Love"*"If You Kiss Me"*"Old Cape Cod"*"Take Me Home"*"Tell Me"...

, the owner of the former Ace Recording Studios in Boston

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, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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.

Korb died in San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan, Puerto Rico

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 in 2003.