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Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 [1] – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote more than 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films.
Dorothy Fields (born July 15, 1905, Allenhurst, N.J., U.S.—died March 28, 1974, New York, N.Y.) was an American songwriter who collaborated with a number of Broadway’s top composers during the heyday of American musical theatre, producing the lyrics for many classic shows.
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Feb 17, 2006 · Archivist Dorothy Fields was born on December 31, 1942 in Miami, Florida. She was raised as an only child in the African American neighborhood of Overtown, formerly known as Colored Town. The family then purchased property in the Brown Subdivision of Miami.
In the course of a remarkably long career, with successes from the 1920s all the way into the 1970s, Dorothy Fields wrote some of the most enduring lyrics of the golden age of the American popular song. She was born into a show business family.
Fields, Dorothy (1904–1974) American lyricist for stage and screen who was the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Song. Born on July 15, 1904 (some sources cite 1905) in Allenhurst, New Jersey; died on March 28, 1974, after suffering a stroke at her home in New York City; daughter of Lew Fields (Lewis Maurice Schanfield) and Rose ...
Aug 2, 2021 · She was a lyricist, famous for romantic words which flowed with the natural grace and rhythm of spoken language. When great songwriters spoke about her impact, they talked of this natural...
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Dorothy Fields was the first woman to be elected to the Songwriters' Hall of Fame. Dorothy Fields' father was Lew Fields, the bully-boy half of Weber and Fields, a highly successful 'Dutch comic' act on the vaudeville circuit.
