Complex sentence: Her first hit composition came the same year, co-writing the novelty song "Tutti Frutti" with its performer, Slim Gaillard; and in 1940 she co-wrote "Whispering Grass" for The Ink Spots with her father.
Split into simpler sentences: Her first hit composition came the same year, co-writing the novelty song "Tutti Frutti" with its performer, Slim Gaillard. In 1940 she co-wrote "Whispering Grass" for The Ink Spots with her father.