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词条 Fran Minkoff
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  1. Career

  2. References

  3. External links

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Fran Minkoff
| image =
| caption =
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| background = non_performing_personnel
| birth_name = Frances M. Minkoff
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|02|05}}
| birth_place = New York, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|04|22|1915|02|05}}
| death_place = New York, New York, U.S.
| instrument =
| genre =
| occupation = Lyricist, poet
| years_active =
| label =
| associated_acts = Fred Hellerman
}}

Frances "Fran" Minkoff (February 5, 1915 – April 22, 2002) was an American lyricist best known for her songs co-written with Fred Hellerman of The Weavers.

Career

Her collaborations include the anti-war song "Come Away Melinda"—recorded in 1963 by Harry Belafonte[1] and Judy Collins, and later by Tim Rose, Bobbie Gentry, and rock bands UFO, Uriah Heep, and Velvett Fogg, among others—together with "Poverty Hill", "The Borning Day", "First Day Of Forever" and "Sunflower", also first recorded by Belafonte.

Minkoff died in New York City at the age of 87.[2] Her husband, Harry Minkoff, died in New York City on 4 June 2011.[3]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.secondhandsongs.com/performance/9620 |title=Come Away Melinda |website=SecondhandSongs |accessdate=4 September 2016}}
2. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/24/classified/paid-notice-deaths-minkoff-frances-m.html |title=Frances M. Minkoff Obituary |newspaper=The New York Times |date=24 April 2002}}
3. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=harry-minkoff&pid=151731312 |title=Harry Minkoff Obituary |newspaper=The New York Times |date=10 June 2011}}

External links

  • {{Allmusic |class=artist |id=fran-minkoff-mn0001956884}}
  • {{Discogs artist|1053361-Fran-Minkoff}}
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5 : 1915 births|2002 deaths|American female composers|20th-century women musicians|20th-century American composers

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