Biography

Larry Stock (New York City 1896 – May 4, 1984) was an American songwriter. His mother immigrated to the US from Erlich, near Budapest in Hungary with her mother and sister, Bella. (One of Bella's grandsons became well known in a different music field and coined the phrase, "Rhythm and the Blues" - and was one of the founders of Atlantic Records Jerry Wexler). At twelve he was accepted by the school that later became the Juilliard School. After graduating at sixteen he continued his studies at the City College of New York.