As 'Harry Ruby', Harry Rubenstein was a 'song plugger' for 'Gus Edwards , was released by MGM three years after Kalmar's death. Ruby lived on until 1974, but managed just one hit song on his own, the 1949 chart topper "Maybe It's Because".
Once paired with future Columbia Pictures mogul Harry Cohn as a musical act. The pair plugged songs unsuccessfully for about a year around 1910 before splitting up.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Wrote Whos Sorry Now (later performed by Connie Francis) and I Want to Be Loved By You (later performed by Marilyn Monroe).
