Edgar Leslie (December 31, 1885 – January 22, 1976) was an American songwriter. Born in Stamford, Connecticut, Leslie studied at the Cooper Union in New York. His first song, 'Lonesome', in 1909, was an immediate success, recorded by the Haydn Quartet and again by Byron G. Harlan. Other notable artists recorded his early works. Among them, Nat M. Wills, Julian Rose, Belle Baker, Lew Dockstader, James Barton and Joe Welch. Leslie was a founding member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1914. In 1927, he traveled to England and collaborated with Horatio Nicholls on several songs, most notably 'Among My Souvenirs'. Leslie served as its director from 1931 to 1941 and from 1947 to 1953. His most enduring success of the era was likely 1935's 'Moon Over Miami'. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. Leslie died on January 22, 1976 in New York City from a heart ailment. He was married to Florence Herrmann from February 1916 until her death. His songs have been featured across a wide variety of film and television, including Myra Breckinridge (1970), The Muppet Show (1978–81), Radioland Murders (1994), Free Enterprise (1998), The Jane Austen Book Club (2009), Boardwalk Empire (2011–13), Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2017), Midway (2019), Babylon (2022), and The Strangers: Chapter 3 (2026).

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