| 词条 | Sylvia Dee |
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Sylvia Dee (born Josephine Moore Proffitt, October 22, 1914 – June 12, 1967) was an American lyricist and novelist best known for writing the lyrics to "Too Young", a hit for Nat King Cole, "The End of the World", a hit for Skeeter Davis and "Bring Me Sunshine". She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and educated at the University of Michigan. She was a copywriter for a newspaper in Rochester, New York, and wrote a number of short stories as well as the Broadway stage scores for "Barefoot Boy With Cheek". Joining ASCAP in 1943, her musical collaborators included Sidney Lippman, Arthur Kent, Elizabeth Evelyn Moore, George Goehring, Al Frisch and Guy Wood. [1]Dee wrote the words to a nonsense song that went to number 1 in 1945 called "Chickery Chick". [2] The music was written by Sidney Lippman and it was played by Sammy Kaye's orchestra. Its nonsense lyrics included "Chickery chick, cha-la, cha-la". She co-wrote "I Taught Him Everything He Knows" with Arthur Kent, recorded by Ella Fitzgerald on her 1968 Capitol release Misty Blue. She co-wrote "Look for Me (I'll Be Around)" with Guy Wood, which was recorded by Sarah Vaughan on "The Benny Carter Sessions" [3] and Neko Case on "Blacklisted". She also wrote songs for Elvis Presley in the films Blue Hawaii and Speedway. Popular-song compositions also include "It Couldn't Be True", "Stardreams", "I'm Thrilled", "Have You Changed", "After Graduation Day", "Laroo Laroo Lili Bolero", "Angel Lips, Angel Eyes", "Pushcart Serenade", "A House With Love In It", "Moonlight Swim", "That's the Chance You Take", "Somebody Nobody Wants", and "Please Don't Talk to the Lifeguard". [4]At the time of her death in New York City, she was the wife of Dr. Jere Faison, a New York gynecologist.[5] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2004611/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title=Sylvia Dee - Biography|publisher=www.imdb.com|accessdate=2017-04-16}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/top-songs-music-charts/chickery-chick.htm|title=Top songs from music charts 1945|publisher=www.traditionalmusic.co.uk|accessdate=2017-04-16}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Sarah-Vaughan-The-Benny-Carter-Sessions/release/3988978|title=Sarah Vaughan - The Benny Carter Sessions|publisher=www.discogs.com|accessdate=2017-04-16}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2004611/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title=Sylvia Dee - Biography|publisher=www.imdb.com|accessdate=2017-04-16}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2004611/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title=Sylvia Dee - Biography|publisher=www.imdb.com|accessdate=2017-04-16}}
6 : 1914 births|1967 deaths|Songwriters from Arkansas|Writers from Little Rock, Arkansas|20th-century American musicians|University of Michigan alumni |
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