 Kollmar's original choice for composer [of "Early to Bed"] was Ferde Grofé, best known as the orchestrator of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," whose signature compositions were portentous concert suites.But Grofé withdrew, and it is to Kollmar's credit that he realized that he had a top-rate pop-song composer available in Waller.Waller's double duty as composer and performer was short-lived.