Arthur Altman
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Arthur Altman (1910, Brooklyn – January 18, 1994, Lake Worth, Florida) was an American songwriter whose credits "All or Nothing at All," (with lyrics by Jack Lawrence) and the lyrics for "All Alone Am I" and "I Will Follow Him." [1]
Altman studied violin and began his professional career as a violinist with the CBS Radio Orchestra. His first nationally known song was "Play Fiddle Play", which he wrote in the early 1930s for the orchestra leader Emory Deutsch.
Among the 400 songs he wrote, "All or Nothing at All" was recorded by Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey.
He died of a heart ailment.
