Benjamin Louis Trace (''né'' Feinberg; 15 October 1897 – 7 July 1973) was an American songwriter who, from the 1910s through the 1950s, in collaboration with his younger bandleader brother, Al, wrote lyrics to hundreds of popular songs.

Career

A native of

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You Call Everybody Darlin' "You Call Everybody Darlin" is a popular song. The words and music were by Sam Martin ''(né'' Samuel Matzkowitz; 1908–2002), Ben Trace, and his brother, Al Trace, who used the ''pseudonym,'' Clem Watts. The song was copyrighted and published i ...

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