Eddie Deane

American songwriter, composer, producer, author, singer, actor, comedian and publisher born February 14, 1929, in New York City, New York and died May 21, 2008, in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey. Often associated to the publisher Joy Music, Inc.. Involved in managing the publisher Joy Music, Inc./Joy Music, Inc..

Educated at Bryant High School and the Music School Settlement, he was a singer and actor on television and radio. He join ASCAP in 1956 and founded his publishing firm in 1958. His popular-song compositions include "The Men in My Little Girl's Life", "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu", "Princess", "A Little Dog Cried", "Rock-A-Billy", "Small Sad Sam", "Hootenanny", and "The Way It Was (The Way It Is)".