Bob Hilliard

A lyricist whose words became fixtures of mid-century American popular song, from the wistful "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" to the Disney standard "Alice in Wonderland" and the girl-group hit "Seven Little Girls (Sitting in the Back Seat)." His range across ballads, novelty numbers, and film songs made him one of the era's most reliably hit-making lyricists, working alongside a rotating cast of composers rather than a single steady partner.