"I Surrender Dear" is a song composed by Harry Barris with lyrics by Gordon Clifford.
 It was first performed by Bing Crosby and became his first solo hit.
 It has been covered by a large number of artists, making it a jazz and pop standard.
 The first jazz vocalist to record the song was Louis Armstrong in 1931.
"Singin' the Blues" is a 1920 jazz composition by J. Russel Robinson, Con Conrad, Sam M. Lewis, and Joe Young.
 It was recorded by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1920 as an instrumental and released as a Victor 78 as part of a medley with "Margie".
 The song was released with lyrics by vocalist Aileen Stanley in 1920 on Victor.
 In 1927, Frank Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke, and Eddie Lang recorded and released the song as an Okeh 78.
 The Trumbauer recording is considered a jazz and pop standard, greatly contributing to Frank Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke's reputation and influence (it remained in print at least until the Second World War).
 It is not related to the 1956 pop song "Singing the Blues" first recorded and released by Marty Robbins in 1956.
"Half as Much" is an American pop standard written by Curley Williams in 1951.
 It was first recorded by country music singer Hank Williams in 1952 and reached number two on the "Billboard" Country Singles chart.
 The same year, Rosemary Clooney recorded a hit version for Top 40 markets; Alma Cogan recorded another version in the United Kingdom.
 Since then the song has been recorded by a number of artists including Patsy Cline (1962), Ray Charles (1962), Eddy Arnold (1964), Sharon Redd (1967), Petula Clark (1974), Emmylou Harris (1992), Cake (1998), and Van Morrison (2006).
"Hey Paula" is an American pop standard love song recorded by the singing duo Paul & Paula.
 It hit number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on the week ending February 9, 1963, and also made it to number one on the Hot R&B Singles chart.
 "Paul" was the song's writer, Ray Hildebrand, a student at Texas' Howard Payne University, a Baptist institution in the city of Brownwood.
 "Paula" was Jill Jackson, the niece of the owner of the boarding house where Ray lived.
"September Song" is an American pop standard song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Maxwell Anderson, introduced by Walter Huston in the 1938 Broadway musical production "Knickerbocker Holiday".
 After being used in the 1950 film "September Affair", the song has since been recorded by numerous singers and instrumentalists.
 It was also used during screen credits in the British television series "May to December", the name of which quotes the opening line of the song.
"(Up A) Lazy River" is a popular tune and song by Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin, published in 1930.
 The melody is by Arodin, arranged and with words modified by Carmichael.
 It is considered a jazz standard and pop standard, and has been recorded by many artists as listed below.
 A bit of the song is played by Carmichael in the 1946 Oscar-winning film "The Best Years of Our Lives".
 It can also be heard in the 1959 film "Hey Boy!
 Hey Girl!
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Katherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922November 3, 2016), known as Kay Starr, was an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the 1940s and 1950s.
 She is best remembered for introducing two songs that became #1 hits in the 1950s, "Wheel of Fortune" and "The Rock And Roll Waltz".
"You Always Hurt the One You Love" is a pop standard, with words by Allan Roberts and music by Doris Fisher.
 It has been performed by many artists over the years, including Moon Mullican with Cliff Bruner, The Mills Brothers, Connie Francis (number 13 on the UK Singles Chart in 1959, where it had been released as a special "A" side to cater for huge demand for her product), Fats Domino, The Impressions, Molly Nilsson, George Maharis, Frankie Laine, Richard Chamberlain (as the B-side of his single "Rome Will Never Leave You"), Peggy Lee, Maureen Evans, Michael Bublé, Kay Starr, Hank Thompson, Ringo Starr (in his 1970 album "Sentimental Journey"), Molly Nilsson, and Clarence "Frogman" Henry, whose version became a top 20 hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1961.
 It was also popular in a parody version by Spike Jones.
 The song was performed by Ryan Gosling and featured prominently in the 2010 film "Blue Valentine".
"Dream", sometimes referred to as "Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)", is a jazz and pop standard with words and music written by Johnny Mercer in 1944.
 He originally wrote it as a theme for his radio program.
 It has been and performed by many artists, with the most popular versions of this song recorded by The Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra, and Roy Orbison.
"Too Marvelous for Words" is a popular song written in 1937.
 Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics for music composed by Richard Whiting.
 It was featured in the 1937 Warner Brothers film "Ready, Willing and Able", as well as a production number in a musical revue on Broadway.
 the song has become a pop standard and has been recorded by many artists.

Question: Who wrote the words to the pop standard song that was song by an American pop and jazz singer with success in the 1940s and 1950s?
Answer: Allan Roberts