Songwriter, composer, arranger and pianist, Robert Allen wrote some of the most enduring songs in the Great American Songbook.

Known for his hit songs “Chances Are,” “Moments To Remember,” and  the holiday season classic, “(There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays,” Mr. Allen’s tunes were performed by Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett, Perry Como, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Durante, Kate Smith, The Shirelles, The Four Lads and Doris Day in the 1950s and 1960s.

He wrote “You Are Never Far from Me,” the closing song for “Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall”; “Sing Along” for Mitch Miller’s series “Sing Along With Mitch”; and “A Very Special Love” for CBS’s “Playhouse 90.”

He wrote his biggest hits with the lyricist Al Stillman. They collaborated on “Chances Are” and “It’s Not for Me to Say,” which were major hits for Mathis, and on a series of hits for the Four Lads in the mid-1950s, including “Moments to Remember,” “Enchanted Island” and “There’s Only One of You.”

They also wrote “Home for the Holidays,” which has been recorded by more than two dozen performers, including The Carpenters, Andy Williams, the Glenn Miller Orchestra and Garth Brooks.

Mr. Allen wrote the football march for Auburn College, soundtrack music for the movies “Lizzie,” “Enchanted Island” and “Happy Anniversary” and music for a Debbie Reynolds Christmas album that included “Home for the Holidays.”

He also wrote the music for and produced the album “Bob McGrath From Sesame Street.”