Walter Blaufuss

American band leader, composer, and radio personality (b. July 26, 1883, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - d. August 24, 1945, Chicago, Illinois).

Blaufuss was a child prodigy on the piano who published his first two songs in 1908, at age 15. In 1911, he organized a band that played for years at Chicago's Tip Top Inn. Later, he served as an NBC staff conductor. He conducted the orchestra, wrote the theme music, and was a regular on the popular NBC radio show "The Breakfast Club" with Don McNeill, which ran from 1933 to 1968.

Among his greatest hits as a composer are "Your Eyes Have Told Me So" (1919, with lyrics by Gus Kahn).