He served as a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, where he wrote and performed music for morale-boosting shows.
Bobby Troup, born Robert Wesley Troup Jr., October 18, 1918, was an American jazz pianist, singer, songwriter, actor, and composer best known for writing the iconic song “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66” as well as “Daddy,” which became a hit for Sammy Kaye, and “The Girl Can’t Help It,” made famous by Little Richard; he was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
A poem that describes a man named Richard Cory, who is admired and envied by the townspeople.
“Richard Cory” is a poem written by American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson, first published in The Children of the Night in 1897. Robinson, who was born in 1869 in Head Tide, Maine, often explored themes of personal despair, human isolation, and the dissonance between public perception and private reality in his poetry.
