# Bill Giant

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{{short description|American songwriter}}{{Infobox person
| name               = Bill Giant
| other_names        = Bill "Harvey" Zimmerman, Billy Merman
| birth_date         = March 2, 1930
| birth_place        = New York, New York, U.S.
| death_date         = November 26, 1987
| occupation         = Songwriter, real estate agent
}}
'''Bill Giant''' (March 2, 1930 – November 26, 1987) was an American songwriter whose work included over 40 songs for [Elvis Presley](/source/Elvis_Presley).

==Biography==
Giant grew up in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) and was known as '''Bill "Harvey" Zimmerman'''.  He was part of the popular songwriting team Giant, Baum and Kaye, writing songs with [Bernie Baum](/source/Bernie_Baum) and [Florence Kaye](/source/Florence_Kaye). The majority of their work was used in Presley movies, although their most popular recording was "[(You're the) Devil in Disguise](/source/(You're_the)_Devil_in_Disguise)" which reached No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No.1 on the U.K. singles chart in 1963.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leigh |first=Spencer |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Elvis_Presley/SwMvDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Bill+Giant+songwriter&pg=PT285&printsec=frontcover |title=Elvis Presley: Caught in a Trap |date=2017-08-03 |publisher=McNidder & Grace |isbn=978-0-85716-166-6 |language=en}}</ref> They were also credited with writing the American version of [Osamu Tezuka](/source/Osamu_Tezuka)'s anime "[Kimba the White Lion](/source/Kimba_the_White_Lion)" (1965).  Giant became a realtor in [Middlesex County, New Jersey](/source/Middlesex_County%2C_New_Jersey) in his later years. His other memorable name was '''Billy Merman'''. He died in 1987, at the age of 57.

==Other works==
His other works include songs in the following films:
*''[Roustabout](/source/Roustabout)''
* ''[Viva Las Vegas](/source/Viva_Las_Vegas)'' (The title track was written by [Doc Pomus](/source/Doc_Pomus) and [Mort Shuman](/source/Mort_Shuman).)
*''[Fun in Acapulco](/source/Fun_in_Acapulco)''
*''[Girls! Girls! Girls!](/source/Girls!_Girls!_Girls!)''
*''[It Happened at the World's Fair](/source/It_Happened_at_the_World's_Fair)''
*''[Kissin' Cousins](/source/Kissin'_Cousins)''
*''[Girl Happy](/source/Girl_Happy)''
*''[Harum Scarum](/source/Harum_Scarum_(film))''
*''[Frankie and Johnny](/source/Frankie_and_Johnny_(album))''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Neibaur |first=James L. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Elvis_Movies/6GmAEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Bill+Giant+songwriter&pg=PA187&printsec=frontcover |title=The Elvis Movies |date=2014-04-04 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=979-8-216-24571-1 |pages=187 |language=en}}</ref>
*''[Paradise, Hawaiian Style](/source/Paradise%2C_Hawaiian_Style)''
*''[Spinout](/source/Spinout_(film))''
*''[Easy Come, Easy Go](/source/Easy_Come%2C_Easy_Go_(1967_film))''
*''[Double Trouble](/source/Double_Trouble_(Elvis_Presley_album))''
*''[Live a Little, Love a Little](/source/Live_a_Little%2C_Love_a_Little)''

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0316354}}
* {{IBDB name|426381}}

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Category:1930 births
Category:1987 deaths
Category:American male songwriters
Category:20th-century American musicians
Category:20th-century American male musicians

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