Carl Stutz (died October 8, 1996) was an American composer, radio announcer and teacher. Collaborating with lyricist

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, he wrote the music for several popular songs in the 1950s. His most well-known composition was "

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", which was the #1 song in the U.S. in 1954. The

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recording sold over a million copies in just a few weeks. He and Lindeman also collaborated on "

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", which was a hit song for

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, and " Blackberry Winter", which became a back-door million-seller as the B-side of Mitch Miller's recording of The Yellow Rose of Texas, a #1 hit in the U.S. in 1955. During his songwriting years, Stutz was an announcer at powerhouse radio station WRVA in Richmond, Virginia. He later became a high-school mathematics teacher at Manchester High School in

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. Carl Stutz died, at age 80, in Richmond on October 8, 1996.

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