Al Hoffman (September 25, 1902 – July 21, 1960) was an American song composer. He was a hit songwriter active in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, usually co-writing with others and responsible for number one hits through each decade, many of which are still sung and recorded today. He was posthumously made a member of the
Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984. The popularity of Hoffman's song, "
Mairzy Doats", co-written with
Jerry Livingston and
Milton Drake, was such that newspapers and magazines wrote about the craze.
Time magazine titled one article "Our Mairzy Dotage". The
New York Times simply wrote the headline, "That Song".