Gender
Male
Born
Jan 20, 1924
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died
Nov 14, 2011
Bridgewater, Connecticut, USA
Composer Arranger Lyricist
Comments
Biography: Lee Pockriss was born on January 20, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York to Joseph and Ethel Price Pockriss. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a cryptographer. He studied at Brooklyn College and received a graduate degree is musicology at New York University. He is survived by his brother, Harold, and his wife, Sonja.

Film/TV Credits: Film credits include: "Love Actually," "Old School," "The Princess Diaries," and "Never Been Kissed." Television credits include: "The Muppet Show," "The Brady Bunch Variety Hour," "Shindig!," and "Lost."

Trivia:
Hit songs included "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," "Catch a Falling Star," and "Johnny Angel."
  • CREDITS
    Motown The Musical (Jul 12, 2016 - Jul 31, 2016)
    Musical, Return Engagement
    • Featuring songs by Janie Bradford, Freddie Gorman, Alphonso J. Mizell, Freddie Perren, Berry Gordy Jr., Deke Richards, Smokey Robinson, Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, Norman J. Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr., Brian Holland, Lamont Herbert Dozier, Barrett Strong, Lionel Richie, Ronald Lapread, Walter Orange, Milan Williams, Thomas McClary, William King, Barney Ales, Mary Wells, Michael Lovesmith, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Joe Hunter, William Stevenson, Rick James, Ervin M. Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham, Tyran Carlo, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Cornelius Grant, Lee Pockriss, Paul Vance, Gwendolyn Gordy Fuqua, Ronald White, William Garrett, Georgia Dobbins, Robert Bateman, Autry Dewalt, Syreeta Wright, Lee Garrett, Lula Mae Hardaway, Mary C. Brockert, Allen Henry McGrier, George Gordy, Alonzo Miller, Frank De Vol, Renaldo Benson, Alfred W. Cleveland, James Cavanaugh, Russ Morgan and Larry Stock
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Alphonso J. Mizell, Freddie Perren, Berry Gordy Jr., Deke Richards, Smokey Robinson, Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, Norman J. Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr., Brian Holland, Lamont Herbert Dozier, Barrett Strong, Lionel Richie, Ronald Lapread, Walter Orange, Milan Williams, Thomas McClary, William King, Barney Ales, Mary Wells, Michael Lovesmith, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Joe Hunter, William Stevenson, Rick James, Ervin M. Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham, Tyran Carlo, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Cornelius Grant, Lee Pockriss, Paul Vance, Gwendolyn Gordy Fuqua, Janie Bradford, Ronald White, William Garrett, Georgia Dobbins, Freddie Gorman, Robert Bateman, Autry Dewalt, Syreeta Wright, Lee Garrett, Lula Mae Hardaway, Mary C. Brockert, Allen Henry McGrier, George Gordy, Alonzo Miller, Frank De Vol, Renaldo Benson, Alfred W. Cleveland, James Cavanaugh, Russ Morgan and Larry Stock
    Tovarich (Mar 18, 1963 - Nov 09, 1963)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Lee Pockriss
    • Dance music composed by Lee Pockriss
    Top Banana (Nov 01, 1951 - Oct 04, 1952)
    Musical, Original
    • Dance arrangements by Lee Pockriss
Motown The Musical (Jul 12, 2016 - Jul 31, 2016)
Musical, Return Engagement
  • Featuring songs by Janie Bradford, Freddie Gorman, Alphonso J. Mizell, Freddie Perren, Berry Gordy Jr., Deke Richards, Smokey Robinson, Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, Norman J. Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr., Brian Holland, Lamont Herbert Dozier, Barrett Strong, Lionel Richie, Ronald Lapread, Walter Orange, Milan Williams, Thomas McClary, William King, Barney Ales, Mary Wells, Michael Lovesmith, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Joe Hunter, William Stevenson, Rick James, Ervin M. Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham, Tyran Carlo, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Cornelius Grant, Lee Pockriss, Paul Vance, Gwendolyn Gordy Fuqua, Ronald White, William Garrett, Georgia Dobbins, Robert Bateman, Autry Dewalt, Syreeta Wright, Lee Garrett, Lula Mae Hardaway, Mary C. Brockert, Allen Henry McGrier, George Gordy, Alonzo Miller, Frank De Vol, Renaldo Benson, Alfred W. Cleveland, James Cavanaugh, Russ Morgan and Larry Stock
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Alphonso J. Mizell, Freddie Perren, Berry Gordy Jr., Deke Richards, Smokey Robinson, Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, Norman J. Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr., Brian Holland, Lamont Herbert Dozier, Barrett Strong, Lionel Richie, Ronald Lapread, Walter Orange, Milan Williams, Thomas McClary, William King, Barney Ales, Mary Wells, Michael Lovesmith, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Joe Hunter, William Stevenson, Rick James, Ervin M. Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham, Tyran Carlo, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Cornelius Grant, Lee Pockriss, Paul Vance, Gwendolyn Gordy Fuqua, Janie Bradford, Ronald White, William Garrett, Georgia Dobbins, Freddie Gorman, Robert Bateman, Autry Dewalt, Syreeta Wright, Lee Garrett, Lula Mae Hardaway, Mary C. Brockert, Allen Henry McGrier, George Gordy, Alonzo Miller, Frank De Vol, Renaldo Benson, Alfred W. Cleveland, James Cavanaugh, Russ Morgan and Larry Stock
Tovarich (Mar 18, 1963 - Nov 09, 1963)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Lee Pockriss
  • Dance music composed by Lee Pockriss
Top Banana (Nov 01, 1951 - Oct 04, 1952)
Musical, Original
  • Dance arrangements by Lee Pockriss

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