<P> He wrote "Van Lingle Mungo", a novelty song consisting solely of the names of Major League Baseball players . </P> <P> Frishberg resisted learning classical piano as a boy, developing an interest in blues and boogie - woogie by listening to recordings by Pete Johnson and Jay McShann . As a teenager he played in the house band at the Flame in St. Paul where Art Tatum, Billie Holiday, and Johnny Hodges appeared . After graduating from the University of Minnesota as a journalism major in 1955, Frishberg spent two years in the Air Force . </P> <P> In 1957, Frishberg moved to New York City, where he played solo piano at the Duplex in Greenwich Village . He first became known for his work with Carmen McRae, Ben Webster, Gene Krupa, Bud Freeman, Eddie Condon, Al Cohn, and Zoot Sims . Later he was celebrated for writing and performing his own, frequently humorous, songs, including favorites "I'm Hip" (lyrics only, in collaboration with Bob Dorough), "Blizzard of Lies", "My Attorney Bernie" (his most famous), "Do You Miss New York", "Peel Me a Grape", "Quality Time", "Slappin' the Cakes on Me", and "Van Lingle Mungo", the lyrics of which entirely consist of the names of old - time baseball players . </P> <P> Frishberg cites songwriter Frank Loesser as an influence, and has said that Loesser's "Baby, It's Cold Outside", along with Willie Nelson's "Crazy", are songs he wished he had written . Like Loesser before him, Frishberg has also worked strictly as a lyricist on a number of occasions; his collaborators include Johnny Mandel, Alan Broadbent, Al Cohn, Blossom Dearie, David Shire, Julius Wechter, Dan Barrett, Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Dorough, Gerry Mulligan and Johnny Hodges . </P>

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