Aaron Schroeder, 83, wrote more than 2,000 songs. He co-wrote five #1's for Elvis Presley, "Stuck on You," "Good Luck Charm," "A Big Hunk o' Love," "I Got Stung" and "It's Now or Never," the last of which ranked No. 92 in Billboard magazine's 2008 list of the "Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs." He also co-wrote songs such as the Perry Como hit "Mandolins in the Moonlight," Frank Sinatra's "French Foreign Legion," Carl Perkins' "Glad All Over," Bobby Vee's "Rubber Ball," Barry White's "Love Theme" and the Staple Singers' "Hammer and Nails." Among the others who recorded his songs are Tony Bennett, Roy Orbison, Pat Boone, Sammy Davis Jr., Nat King Cole and Dionne Warwick. He was also a producer, and was credited with helping the young careers of acts including Jimi Hendrix and Barry White, and he wrote the theme song for "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"
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