- Songwriting partner of Bob Wright.
- Won a Tony Award in 1954 for "Kismet" as an adapter of Aleksandr Borodin's music and as lyricist with Bob Wright, among others who contributed to the Best Musical win. In 1990, he was nominated for music and lyrics with Wright and Maury Yeston as Best Score (Musical) for "Grand Hotel, the Musical".
- Robert Wright and his musical, "Kismet" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 1997 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production.
- "Grand Hotel" in a Kokandy Productions at the Theater Wit in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2019 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production.
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