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Jun 23, 2021 · Dorothy Fields wrote songs for a wide variety of musicals that became classics of American culture, from “Hey Big Spender” to “A Fine Romance” and “The Way You Look Tonight,” which won an Academy Award in 1936. In 1971, when the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame held its first annual nominations, Dorothy Fields was the only woman named to the ballot.
Dorothy Fields. Music Department: Swing Time. Dorothy Fields, daughter of vaudeville star Lew Fields (of Weber & Fields) started writing songs for Tin Pan Alley and Broadway in the 1920s, in spite of the fact, that her first Broadway show was a flop.
Dorothy Fields. Songwriter. A Fields lyric is always meticulously crafted yet retains the easy fresh natural flow of colloquial speech. Her language is precisely the language a person would use expressing a feeling, even if it weren't sung or rhymed - yet the rhyme schemes are scrupulous and the structures impeccable. Concealing the art may be ...
Le Hot Sugar Band et Nicolle Rochelle (chant) interprètent "The Way You Look Tonight" de Dorothy Fields et Jerome Kern. Une émission enregistrée le 16 décemb...
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Dorothy Fields (1904-1974) was one of the great Broadway lyricists, who wrote popular songs for revues, films and shows for nearly 50 years. The hallmarks of her work are a touching simplicity of expression and a gift for matching the rhythms of colloquial speech to music. She wrote well over 400 songs.
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Helen Ward. April 4, 1935. Covered by (3 artists) I Can't Give You Anything but Love (Baby) Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh. Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators - Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC. January 4, 1928. Covered by (752 artists) I Dream Too Much.
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. Fields attended Phyllis Wheatley Elementary School and Booker T. Washington High School.
