- He also wrote for other pop stars, including Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Bobby Vee and the Beatles.
- Weisman, whom Elvis Presley dubbed "the mad professor," wrote or co-wrote a string of gold and platinum selling songs for Presley, including "Follow That Dream" and "Fame and Fortune." His songs include "Wooden Heart" for the movie G.I. Blues, "Rock-a-Hula Baby" for Blue Hawaii and "Crawfish" for King Creole.
- Born in Providence, R.I., Weisman was raised in Brooklyn. He studied classical piano as a teenager and at the Juilliard School of Music.
- He began writing for Presley in 1956 at the request of his music publisher, Jean Aberbach. He was 85 when he died.
- He was a music director in the US Army Air Corps during WWII.
- He was sent a script for the movie Jailhouse Rock and asked to write a song for it. He didn't even meet Presley until the following year.
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