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Al Hoffman was a Russian-American hit songwriter born on September 25, 1902, in Minsk, Russia (now Belarus). He moved with his parents to Seattle, Washington, at the age of six. After graduating from high school in Seattle, he formed his own band and played the drums before relocating to New York City in 1928 to pursue a music career. While performing in night club bands and selling bagels on Broadway, he began writing songs, collaborating with notable songwriters such as Leon Carr, Leo Corday, Mann Curtis, Mack David, Milton Drake, Al Goodhart, Walter Kent, Sammy Lerner, Jerry Livingston, Dick Manning, Bob Merrill, Ed Nelson, and Maurice Sigler. In 1934, Hoffman moved to London to work on stage productions and films, co-writing hit songs like "She Shall Have Music" and "Everything Stops For Tea." He returned to the United States three years later. Inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 1984, Hoffman had over 1,500 songs registered with ASCAP. He passed away on July 21, 1960, in New York City due to prostate cancer and is buried in New Jersey.

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