Irving Taylor (8 April 1914 in Brooklyn, NY - 3 December 1983 in Westlake Village, Los Angeles, CA), was an American composer, lyricist, and screenwriter. He enlisted in the US Navy the day after Pearl Harbor. While in uniform, he and Vic Mizzy wrote entertainments for personnel stationed at the Staten Island Navy Yard, and he later served as a quartermaster on an LST involved in African and European invasions during World War II. He married Katharine Snell, an American dancer, model and actress, on 20 September 1942 and they had two children. He had changed his name by 1936 from Irving Goldberg to Irving Taylor.
Irving formed Kiss Music Co. in the late 1950's. "Kiss" is an anagram made from the first letters of Taylor's wife and children's first names.
His wife Katharine died 21 August 2001. Irving's son and grandchildren live in Wilmington, NC, where Kiss Music Co. continues to operate.
Irving is buried at Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, in Los Angeles, CA. "Everybody Loves Somebody" is a song written in 1947 by Irving Taylor and Ken Lane. The song had already been recorded by several artists (including Frank Sinatra) by 1964, but without much success..