"Exactly Like You" is a popular song with music written by #JimmyMcHugh and lyrics by #DorothyFields and published in 1930. The song was introduced by #HarryRichman and #GertrudeLawrence in the 1930 Broadway show #LewLeslie's International Revue which also featured McHugh and Fields's "#OnTheSunnySideOfTheStreet".
https://youtu.be/mIfv4PAYfiI
#jimmymchugh #dorothyfields #harryrichman #gertrudelawrence #lewleslie #onthesunnysideofthestreet
"The Way You Look To-night" is a song from the film #SwingTime that was performed by #FredAstaire and composed by #JeromeKern with lyrics written by #DorothyFields. It won the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong in 1936. Fields remarked, "The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and started to cry. The release absolutely killed me. I couldn't stop, it was so beautiful."In the movie.
https://youtu.be/rahlSR7nvsc
#swingtime #fredastaire #jeromekern #dorothyfields #academyawardforbestoriginalsong
"I Won't Dance" is a song with music by #JeromeKern that has become a #jazzStandard. The song has two different sets of lyrics: the first written by #OscarHammersteinII and #OttoHarbach in 1934, and second written by #DorothyFields (though #JimmyMcHugh was also credited) in 1935. Kern, Hammerstein and Harbach originally wrote "I Won't Dance" for the 1934 London musical #ThreeSisters. However, Three Sisters flopped and was quickly forgotten.
https://youtu.be/7oueFpIe7yI
#jeromekern #jazzstandard #oscarhammersteinii #ottoharbach #dorothyfields #jimmymchugh #threesisters
On the (far too) sunny side of the street in Valencia. #111Words #Valencia #ThirtyCelsius #OnTheSunnySideOfTheStreet #JimmyMcHugh #DorothyFields #Standards #GreatAmericanSongbook https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/07/on-far-too-sunny-side-of-street-in.html
#greatamericansongbook #standards #dorothyfields #jimmymchugh #OntheSunnySideoftheStreet #thirtycelsius #valencia #111words