Thomas Vincent Cator

Thomas Vincent Cator (23 March 1888 in Jersey City – 9 April 1931 in Carmel) was an American composer.
Biography.
Thomas Vincent Cator was the son of Thomas Vincent Cator senior (1851-1920), a lawyer and politician who ran for office for the Populist Party in California in the late 19th century. He had a sister Marie, who became a writer and poet.
Thomas Vincent Cator became popular in the late 1910s and 1920s with his songs. A notable story was when renowned singer Eleonora de Cisneros sang his song "The Kiss" in a Liberty Bonds Sale in New York in early 1919 and received 43 million dollars for 43 kisses to bankers. He also invented the "Aura-Modal Scale", in which he composed several piano pieces.