It's a rare gift to write even a single line that people remember. I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat - raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens and... (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE ...

The man who wrote the Oscar Mayer Wiener song has died, according to a report from the New York Times. Richard D. Trentlage died on Sept. 21 in Libertyville, Illinois. Among the songs he wrote during ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The man who got generations of hot dog lovers singing along to the Oscar Mayer Wiener song has died. Richard Trentlage died Sept. 21 in Libertyville, Illinois, at the age of 87, ...

In 1962, Richard Trentlage recorded an advertising jingle in his living room that began "I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Weiner..." He was no... Richard Trentlage, Oscar Mayer Weiner Song Writer, Dies At ...