Vernon Green

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Vernon Green was leader of the rhythm and blues band The Medallions. He wrote the 1954 song "The Letter" which contained the nonsense lyric, "the pulpitudes of love," which was later picked up by Steve Miller as "the Pompatus of love." Green died December 24, 2000 in Los Angeles.