{{Short description|American songwriter}} {{sources exist|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Arthur Korb | birth_date = June 21, 1909 | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = March 16, 2003 | death_place = San Juan, Puerto Rico | occupation = Songwriter }} '''Arthur Korb''' (June 21, 1909 – March 16, 2003) was an American songwriter of popular music songs.
== Early life and education == Korb was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University, earning the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts there in 1930, and a master's degree in music in 1932.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Arthur Korb; Harvard grad composed pop tunes|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-arthur-korb-harvard-gr/185784914/|work=The Boston Globe|date=2003-04-29|access-date=2025-11-28|pages=86|first=Tom|last=Long|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
== Career == Among the songs which Korb wrote were "Acres of Diamonds," "Autumn Avenue," "The Fool of the Year," "Go On with the Wedding,"<ref name=":0" /> "A Man Is Ten Feet Tall," "My Truly True Love," "She's Gonna Be Mine," "Take Me Home," "It Takes Time", and "Tell Me." The song "It Takes Time" was recorded by Louis Armstrong,<ref name=":0" /> Doris Day, Benny Goodman and Johnny Mercer among others.
One of his collaborators was Milton Yakus, the owner of the former Ace Recording Studios in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1953 Korb joined ASCAP. He published a book, ''How to Write Songs that Sell'' (1949).<ref>{{Cite news|title=Harvard graduate pens 'solid' tome on popular song-writing|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-harvard-graduate-pens-solid/185785359/|work=Daily News|date=1949-07-23|access-date=2025-11-28|pages=22|first=Jonathan|last=Glick|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Popular Records: Arthur Korb's Book Tells How to Write Songs|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-popular-records-arthur/185785479/|work=The Boston Globe|date=1949-05-15|access-date=2025-11-28|pages=83|first=John Wm|last=Riley|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He wrote a musical, ''Jack's Cafe'', when he was in his nineties.<ref name=":0" />
== Personal life == Korb married Rose Levenson and had two children. He died in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2003, at the age of 93.<ref name=":0" />
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