Guy Wood was a British-born composer whose sophisticated melodic gift produced several enduring standards of the mid-twentieth century American songbook. Born in Manchester, England, in 1911, Wood worked as a saxophonist and bandleader while building a catalog of songs between 1944 and 1963. His most celebrated composition, "My One and Only Love," became a jazz standard through iconic recordings by John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman and countless other interpreters. Wood's 1944 ballad "Till Then" achieved remarkable longevity, charting on the pop charts three separate times over nearly two decades through recordings by The Mills Brothers. He died in 2001.
