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After long deliberations with Fields had been standing virtually Rodgers and Hammerstein, Fields alone among men for almost 50 gracefully gave up her role as lyricist years.” when Irving Berlin agreed to take over If we’re known by the company we for Kern because Berlin always wrote keep, consider that when the his own Songwriters words. Hall of Fields and March is Women’s History Month Fame her brother inducted still wrote Dorothy the book. Fields in But 1971, she Annie, Get went in Your Gun with such didn’t stop giants of Fields’ Tin Pan show. She Alley as continued Duke to write for Ellington, Hollywood Johnny and Mercer, Ira Broadway Gershwin, shows such and Hoagy Dorothy Fields working with Arthur Schwartz on as A Tree Carmichael. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in 1951. Grows in Besides Brooklyn those and Sweet Charity. With Seesaw, she mentioned, here are a few more of achieved a rarity few aging Dorothy Fields’ memory-making songwriters match—having a first-run standards: “A Fine Romance,” “Lovely hit on Broadway when she passed to Look At,” “Pick Yourself Up,” “I away in 1974 at the age of 68. Won’t Dance,” “Don’t Blame Me,” Winer points out that as “the only “Exactly Like You,” “You Couldn’t Be major-league woman songwriter of Cuter,” “Remind Me,” “Hey Big the golden age of American popular Spender,” and “If My Friends Could song and musical theater, Dorothy See Me Now.”
St. Patrick’s Notable Kin As the nation celebrates this St. Patrick’s Day on March 17 with frothy pints of Guinness, many will raise glasses to recognize the hallowed patron saint of Ireland (who is actually British!). While those glasses are raised, consider cheering a few other Irishmen who made contributions to the world. Did you know an Irishman, John Philip Holland, invented the
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submarine? Color photography was invented by Ireland’s John Joly. And guided missiles, the modern tractor, and even a cure for leprosy were all invented by Irishmen. So as you search for that elusive four-leaf clover, remember that Ireland has given us much more than just good beer! (SPM Wire)
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