Dorothy Fields
Dorothy Fields (1905-1974) 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.
Dorothy Fields wrote well over 400 songs.
Her best-known standards include :
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love ??? Don’t Blame Me
On The Sunny Side Of The Street ??? A Fine Romance
I’m In The Mood For Love ??? The Way You Look Tonight
Big Spender ??? If My Friends Could See Me Now
This week’s Russell Davies show on Radio 2 was devoted to Dorothy Fields. Listen to it online until July 30th 2006.
article was found at http://www.dorothyfields.co.uk/home.htm
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The Way You Look Tonight Lyrics by Dorothy Fields, music by Jerome Kern. Single for voice and piano accompaniment. Eb Major. 4 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. |
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Vocal Selections From “Sweet Charity” Lyrics by Dorothy Fields, music by Cy Coleman. Songbook for voice and piano. From the Broadway musical “Sweet Charity”. 48 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. |
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Big Spender - From “Sweet Charity” Lyrics by Dorothy Fields, music by Cy Coleman. Single for voice and piano. From the musical comedy “Sweet Charity”. D Minor. 4 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. Average customer rating:  |
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Seesaw — Vocal Selections By Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields. This edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords. Shows & Movies. Book. 56 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. |
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Rhythm of Life Edited by Bob Dingley, music by Coleman Fields, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, arranged by John Leavitt. Octavo for SATB choir and piano accompaniment (with optional percussion and bass). With choreography suggestions. Series: Educational choral octavo (SATB). 16 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. |
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I’m in the Mood for Love (Del. Ed.) By Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields. This edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords. Sheet. Sheet. 4 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. |
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Dorothy Fields: Rhythm Of Life Edited by Bob Dingley, lyrics by Cy Coleman, composed by Dorothy Fields, arranged by John Leavitt. Octavo for SSA choir and piano accompaniment (with optional percussion and bass). With choreography suggestions. Series: Educational choral octavo (SSA). 16 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. |
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The Way You Look Tonight SATB a cappella. By Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern. Arranged by Kirby Shaw. (SATB a cappella). Choral. Size 9×12 inches. 4 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. |
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The Way You Look Tonight SATB a cappella. By Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern. Arranged by Julie Knowles. (SATB a cappella). Choral. Size 6.8×10.5 inches. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. |
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If My Friends Could See Me Now! (from Sweet Charity) By Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Arranged by Russell L. Robinson. (SSA). Choral Octavo. Pop Choral Series. Pop. Choral Octavo. 16 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. |
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Jimmy McHugh
One of the greatest and most prolific songwriters from the Twenties through the Fifties was Jimmy McHugh. McHugh wrote for all areas of popular music, including melodies for The Cotton Club, Broadway and Hollywood musicals. McHugh’s musical collaborators reads like a Who’s Who of songsters. Besides his early partner Dorothy Fields, McHugh also collaborated with Johnny Mercer, Frank Loesser, Jerome Kern, Ted Koehler, Gus Kahn and Harold Adamson.
Jimmy McHugh was born in Boston, Massachusetts on July 10, 1893. His father was a plumber and his mother an accomplished pianist. He worked with his father before deciding that his real love was songwriting.
While attending Staley College in Boston, Jimmy got a job with the Boston Opera House. He first worked as an office boy and later, as the talented piano player’s reputation grew, he was promoted to rehearsal pianist for the company. In 1917, he left to find work in the field of popular music. Eventually he found a job as a pianist and song plugger with the Boston office of Irving Berlin’s publishing company.
In 1921, at the age of 26, the newly married McHugh moved to New York and went to work for another major music publisher, Jack Mills Inc. In less than a year he had published his first song, “Emaline”, and was promoted as one of Mills’s professional managers. During this time he teamed with Irving Mills, who was later to be Duke Ellington’s manager. Mills & McHugh billed themselves as the Hotsy Totsy Boys after their sucess with Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now.
During the years 1922 to 1930, McHugh contributed songs to nine different Cotton Club shows, three Revues, and expanded his career by writing his first song My Dream of the Big Parade, for a movie entitled The Big Parade. McHugh also continued to write for the popular music market including a song written upon the death of Rudolph Valentino.(”There’s A New Star In Heaven To-Night”)Dorothy Fields
In 1927, McHugh’s career took a fortunate turn when he met his future partner, Dorothy Fields. Fields, age 22, was the daughter of veteran vaudeville star and producer, Lew Fields and had previously been working as a school teacher. McHugh and Fields seemed to have a good working relationship, with Dorothy supplying the lyrics and McHugh the music.
Blackbirds of 1928
The team soon became two of America’s most celebrated songwriters when they collaborated on the score of “Blackbirds of 1928.” This landmark all-black musical, was put together by white entrepreneur Lew Leslie, who had success with earlier “Blackbird” shows that had been performed in London and Paris. The star studded musical became a Broadway hit and had a run of 518 perfomances in a little over a year, a record at that time for an all-black show. Some of the songs from that musical were I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Diga Diga Do, and I Must Have That Man.
In the early Thirties, McHugh and Fields brought their song writing skills to Hollywood. After a few years on the West Coast, Dorothy decided she liked the Broadway scene better than Hollywood and returned to New York. McHugh was soon collaborating with many other Hollywood tunesmiths including Ted Koehler, Johnny Mercer and Frank Loesser.
In 1936, McHugh teamed with Harold Adamson. In the next fifteen years, he would write more movie songs with Adamson than with any other collaborator. Most of the movies they wrote for were minor pictures but that didn’t stop them from turning out such gems as I Love To Whistle, I Couldn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night,and (This Is) A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening. There was also a string of songs from this period that would certainly fit into the Novelty Hall of Fame including Post Office (I’ve got to be kissed), The Bad Humor Man, and Heil Heel Hitler. McHugh made a guest appearance as himself in The Helen Morgan Story (1957), which featured many of his songs.
Jimmy McHugh died in Beverly Hills, March 23, 1969. During his lifetime he had written over 279 songs. He never won an Academy Award despite being nominated five times, but he left a legacy of wonderful songs that testify to his skill as one of America’s great songwriters.
This article was found at http://www.jass.com/jimmymchugh/index.html
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