Together they wrote classics such as "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella".

In Israel, Shabtai is also known as a playwright, having written such classics of the Israeli stage as Crowned Head and The Spotted Tiger.

He set out to write certifiable classics for this trip into hard bluegrass, enlisting the genre's top band to render them immortal.

"I am terribly, terribly grateful that I have stopped writing small classics," he told me.

He then went on to Hollywood to write such classics as Some Like it Hot and The Apartment, for which he won an Academy Award.

Browne's son wrote several Australian classics, including Robbery Under Arms, under the name of Rolf Boldrewood.

It was also clear that the ref had no clue that he was tossing Jimmy Buffett, the singer who wrote "Margaritaville" and other classics.

He's no longer a retro stylist - he's writing new classics.

Williams started his game design career on the Atari 800, writing classics like Necromancer and Alley Cat.

Ms. Wray's husband, Robert Riskin, wrote classics like "Meet John Doe," but there was not even enough money for his care after he had a stroke in 1950.