Bob Merrill

American songwriter, theatrical composer and lyricist, and screenwriter. For the trumpet & flugelhorn player, see Bob Merrill (2). He charted eighty-five songs on the U.S. and U.K. charts between 1949 and 2010. " If I Knew You Were Coming (I'd've Baked a Cake)" by Eileen Barton hit #1 in the U.S. in 1950 (co-written by Al Hoffman & Al Trace (as Clem Watts).