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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 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. Fields was the daughter of Lew M. Fields of the vaudeville comedy team of Weber and Fields.
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.
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.
Jul 15, 2020 · Those are words by Dorothy Fields, who was born on this day, July 15, 1905. She was one of the very first professional female songwriters in America, and one of the most successful ever.
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.
Oct 30, 2017 · Of those non-performing songwriters is Dorothy Fields, one of the few women included in The Great American Songbook and one of the most prolific contributors to classic American music.
