Andrew B. Sterling
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Andrew B. Sterling, born on August 26, 1874 in New York City was a U.S. lyricist. After he graduated from high school, he began writing songs and vaudevilles. An important event was his meeting with the composer Harry Von Tilzer in 1898. The two began a songwriting partnership that lasted almost 30 years.
Others that Sterling collaborated with include Bernie Grossman, M.K. Jerome, Frederick Allen Mills, Raymond Sterling, Ray Henderson, Edward Moran and Bartley Costello.
He wrote the song Wait 'till the Sun Shines, Nellie in 1905. Sterling died in Stamford, Connecticut on August 11, 1955.