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Sir Michael Parkinson celebrates the exceptional Dorothy Fields, one of only three women to majorly contribute lyrics for the Great American Songbook.

Sir Michael Parkinson celebrates the exceptional Dorothy Fields, one of only three women to majorly contribute lyrics for the Great American Songbook. She wrote with some notable composers including Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Sigmund Romberg, Harold Arlen and Arthur Schwartz. Her songs are among the best known of all time. 'I Can't Give you Anything But Love', 'The Sunny Side of the Street', 'The Way You Look Tonight' and 'Pick Yourself Up' among them. Her career spanned the decades. Her first big hit 'Sunny Side of the Street was written in 1930, while one of her last - 'Big Spender', written for 'Sweet Charity' with Cy Coleman - was written in 1968 ...

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Tue 17 Jun 2014 23:00
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Music Played

  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

    • The Complete RCA/Victor recordings 1927-1934.
    • RCA.
    • 09026 63386 2.

  • k.d. lang

    Exactly Like You

    Artist: Tony Bennett

    • A Wonderful World.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 510096-2000.

  • Peggy Lee

    Sunny Side Of The Street

    • Black Coffee.
    • MCA.
    • MCLD-19363.

  • Steve Tyrell

    It's The Mood That I'm In

    • A New Standard.
    • ATLANTIC.
    • 7567-83209-2.

  • Frank Sinatra/Count Basie

    I Won't Dance

    • Sinatra-Basie.
    • Reprise.
    • 927023-2.

  • Jerome Kern

    The Way You Look Tonight

    Performer: Fred Astaire. Lyricist: Dorothy Fields.
    • Steppin' Out.
    • VERVE.
    • 523-0062.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    A Fine Romance

    • Sings The Jerome Kern Song Book.
    • VERVE.
    • 007502-1034754.

  • King Cole, Nat With George Shearing

    Pick Yourself Up

    • Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays.
    • CAPITOL JAZZ.
    • 72435-2525027.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Remind Me

    • The Jerome Kern Songbook.
    • VERVE.
    • 825-669 2.

  • Margaret Whiting

    You Couldn't Be Cuter

    • Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook.
    • Verve MGVS.
    • 6142-2.

  • Shirley Bassey

    Big Spender

    • Shirley Bassey - The Singles.
    • EMI.
    • CD-MFP-6004.

  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Diga Diga Doo

    • The Compete RCA/Victor recordings 1927-1934.
    • RCA.
    • 09026-63386-2.

  • Tommy Tune

    It's Not Where You Start, It's Where You Finish

    • Seesaw Original Broadway Cast.
    • DRG.
    • CDRG 6108.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 11 Jun 2013 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Tue 17 Jun 2014 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2