Lee Pockriss

Composer Lee Pockriss worked in settings from film to Broadway to pop, but he remains best known for a series of bubblegum-era smashes written in partnership with longtime collaborator Paul Vance, most notably Brian Hyland's "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," the Cuff Links' "Tracy," and Clint Holmes' "Playground of My Mind." Pockriss first earned attention writing for television, ...more