George Wyle

American composer, orchestra leader, and pianist. Best known for composing "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island", the theme song to the television sitcom Gilligan's Island and the Christmas standard, "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year", first recorded by Andy Williams in 1963. The song has charted 19 times alone in the U.S. & the U.K.--15 of those from Williams.