found: Starr, K. Kay Starr, jazz singer [SR] 196-?:label (Van Alexander)
found: ASCAP biog. dict., 4th ed.(Alexander, Van, b. New York, NY, May 2, 1915)
found: Larkin, C. Encyc. of pop. music, 3rd ed.(Alexander, Van; b. Al Feldman, May 2, 1915, New York City; arranger, composer)
found: Fidelman, G.M. First lady of song, c1994:p. 23 (Van Alexander; called Al Feldman; Van came from his Dutch middle name and Alexander was his first name; changed when his solo career really got started)
found: His Andy Hardy comes home, c1958.
found: Ruppli, M. The Mercury labels, 1993:(Van Alexander Sextet listed under MG-25143 personnel)
found: Alexander, V. From Harlem to Hollywood, 2009:t.p. (Van Alexander) p. 1 (b. Alexander Van Vliet Feldman, May 2, 1915, New York)
found: New York times WWW site, viewed July 30, 2015(in obituary published July 29: Van Alexander; b. Alexander Van Vliet Feldman, May 2, 1915, Harlem; began using the professional name Van Alexander after Eli Oberstein, the head of RCA Victor Records, suggested he adopt a more marketable name; d. July 19, Los Angeles, aged 100; composer and arranger who adapted a nursery rhyme into A-tisket, a-tasket, which became Ella Fitzgerald's breakout hit in 1938; also a bandleader)
