Pomus and Shuman Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman began their phenomenally successful songwriting partnership in 1958 and delivered a string of hits for the likes of Ben E. King & The Drifters, The Searchers, Marty Wilde, and of course Elvis Presley, who went on to record over twenty of their songs. Both born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Doc & Mort learned their craft in very different ways, Doc through playing sax at early jazz and blues clubs and Mort via more conventional music studies, but this combination proved an ideal cocktail resulting in numerous all time classics.