Robert B. Sherman

American songwriter and painter (born 19 December 1925 in New York City, New York, USA; died 6 March 2012 in London, England, UK.).
Son of Al Sherman (2) and father of Robert J. Sherman.
Starting in the 1950s, Sherman formed a songwriting team, The Sherman Brothers, with his brother Richard M. Sherman. Often working for the Walt Disney film studios, they composed the songs for movies like Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
During a career that spanned almost 50 years, Sherman won multiple Academy and Grammy Awards. In 2005, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.