Leland Stanford Roberts (1884–1949), commonly known as Lee S. Roberts, was an American composer and pianist.[1]
He is best known for his composition 'Smiles' with lyricist J. Will Callahan,[2] written in 1917, but was a prolific composer across many genres of music.
He was also the vice-president of the QRS Music Roll Company, and recorded hundreds of piano rolls under his name and also the pseudonym Stanford Robar.[3] He was particularly active in recording salon and ballad style music.
He lived in San Francisco.[4]