The Best Songwriters from the Golden Age of Hollywood – Part Two – The Great Lyricists.

The Thirties to the Sixties.

Clockwise from top left: Irving Berlin, Yip Harburg, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sammy Cahn, Ned Washington, Johnny Burke, Al Dubin (with Harry Warren at the piano), Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer.

47 Lyricists: 202 songs.

Irving Berlin tops the list with 23 songs, followed by Johnny Mercer with 19, Sammy Cahn with 16, Ira Gershwin with 14, Johnny Burke and Al Dubin with 10, Yip Harburg with eight, and Mack David with seven.

Four women stand out on the list in what used to be a very manly profession.

Dorothy Fields has seven songs listed. She was the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1936 for her lyrics to “The Way You Look Tonight.” It would be an incredible 32 years before another woman won in this category: Marilyn Bergman for her lyrics to “The Windmills of Your Mind” in 1968.

Doris Fisher and co-writer Allan Roberts wrote two of the most enduring songs of the forties; “Put the Blame on Mame” and Amado Mio.” Both songs are from “Gilda,” and both are “sung” by Rita Hayworth, whose voice is dubbed by Anita Ellis. With choreography by Jack Cole.

Sylvia Fine, who was married to Danny Kaye from 1940 until he died in 1987, was nominated for her lyrics for “The Moon is Blue” in 1953 (music by Herschel Burke Gilbert) and for her music and lyrics for “The Five Pennies” in 1959 making her the first woman to achieve this landmark.

Dory Previn was nominated for her lyrics three times; “Faraway Part of Town” from “Pepe” (1960: music by her then-husband Andre Previn), “Second Chance” from “Two for the Seasaw” (1962: music by Previn) and “Come Sunday Morning” from “The Sterile Cuckoo” (1969: music by Fred Karlin). The first woman to win an Oscar for composing music for the Best Song of the Year is Barbara Streisand for “Evergreen (Love Theme for a Star is Born),” with lyrics by Paul Williams, in 1976. The first woman to win Best Song, having written both the music and the lyrics, is Carly Simon for “Let the River Run” from “Working Girl” in 1988.

HAROLD ADAMSON

(3)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1943	Higher and Higher	I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night	Jimmy McHugh	Harold Adamson
1943	Higher and Higher	Lovely Way to Spend an Evening	Jimmy McHugh	Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
1957	An Affair to Remember	An Affair to Remember	Harry Warren	Harold Adamson (with Leo McCarey)

IRVING BERLIN

(23)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1930	Puttin’ On the Ritz	Puttin’ On the Ritz	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1935	Top Hat	Cheek to Cheek	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1935	Top Hat	Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1935	Top Hat	Isn’t This a Lovely Day (to be Caught in the Rain)	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1935	Top Hat	No Strings	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1935	Top Hat	The Piccolino	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1936	Follow the Fleet	Let’s Face the Music and Dance	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1936	Follow the Fleet	Let Yourself Go	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1936	Follow the Fleet	Get Thee Behind Me Satan	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1936	Follow the Fleet	I’m Putting All of My Eggs in One Basket	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1937	On the Avenue	Slumming on Park Avenue	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1937	On the Avenue	You’re Laughing at Me	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1937	On the Avenue	This Year’s Kisses	Irvin Berlin	Irvin Berlin
1937	On the Avenue	I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm	Irvin Berlin	Irvin Berlin
1938	Carefree	Change Partners	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1939	Second Fiddle	I Poured My Heart into a Song	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1942	Holiday Inn	White Christmas	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1946	Blue Skies	You Keep Coming Back Like a Song	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1948	Easter Parade	A Couple of Swells	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1948	Easter Parade	Steppin’ Out With My Baby	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1948	Easter Parade	Mr. Monotony	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1954	White Christmas	Count Your Blessings	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin
1954	White Christmas	Sisters	Irving Berlin	Irving Berlin

RALPH BLANE and HUGH MARTIN

(4)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer and Lyricist
1944	Meet Me in Saint Louis	The Trolly Song	Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
1944	Meet Me in Saint Louis	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
1944	Meet Me in Saint Louis	The Boy Next Door	Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
1947	Good News	Pass the Peace Pipe	Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin & Roger Edens

EARL BRENT

(1)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1953	Jennifer	Angel Eyes	Matt Dennis	Earl Brent

* Although the song was written in 1946, it was not introduced until 1953 by its composer, Matt Dennis.

JACK BROOKS

(2)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1946	Canyon Passage	Ole Buttermilk Sky	Hoagy Carmichael	Jack Brooks
1953	The Caddy	That’s Amore	Harry Warren	Jack Brooks

LEW BROWN

(1)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1937	Walter Wanger’s Vogues of 1938	That Old Feeling	Sammy Fain	Lew Brown

JOHNNY BURKE

(10)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1936	Pennies from Heaven	Pennies from heaven	Arthur Johnson	Johnny Burke
1941	Road to Zanzibar	It’s Always You	Jimmy Van Heusen	Johnny Burke
1942	Road to Morocco	Moonlight Becomes You	Jimmy Van Heusen	Johnny Burke
1943	Dixie	Sunday, Monday, or Always	Jimmy Van Heusen	Johnny Burke
1943	And the Angels Sing	It Could Happen to You	Jimmy Van Heusen	Johnny Burke
1944	Belle of the Yukon	Like Someone in Love	Jimmy Van Heusen	Johnny Burke
1944	Going My Way	Swinging on a Star	Jimmy Van Heusen	Johnny Burke
1945	The Bells of St. Mary’s	Aren’t You Glad You’re You	Jimmy Van Heusen	Johnny Burke
1946	Road to Utopia	Personality	Jimmy Van Heusen	Johnny Burke
1947	Road to Rio	But Beautiful	Jimmy Van Heusen	Johnny Burke

IRVING CAESAR

(1)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1935	Curly Top	Animal Crackers in My Soup	Ray Henderson	Irving Caeser and Ted Kohler

SAMMY CAHN

(16)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1942	Youth on Parade	I’ve Heard That Song Before	Jule Stein	Sammy Cahn
1044	Follow the Boys	I’ll Walk Alone	Jule Stein	Sammy Cahn
1945	Anchors Away	I Fall in Love Too Easily	Jule Stein	Sammy Cahn
1948	Romance on the High Seas	It’s Magic	Jule Stein	Sammy Cahn
1949	It’s a Great Feeling	It’s a Great Feeling	Jule Stein	Sammy Cahn
1954	Three Coins in a Fountain	Three Coins in a Fountain	Jule Stein	Sammy Cahn
1955	The Tender Trap	(Love Is) The Tender Trap	Jimmy Van Heusen	Sammy Cahn
1956	Written on the Wind	Written on the Wind	Victor Young	Sammy Cahn
1957	The Joker is Wild	All the Way	Jimmy Van Heusen	Sammy Cahn
1959	A Hole in the Head	High Hopes	Jimmy Van Heusen	Sammy Cahn
1960	High Time	The Second Time Around	Jimmy Van Heusen	Sammy Cahn
1960	Oceans 11	Ain’t That A Kick in the Head	Jimmy Van Heusen	Sammy Cahn
1961	Pocket Full of Miracles	Pocket Full of Miracles	Jimmy Van Heusen	Sammy Cahn
1963	Papa’s Delicate Condition	Call Me Irresponsible	Jimmy Van Heusen	Sammy Cahn
1964	Robin and the 7 Hoods	My Kind of Town	Jimmy Van Heusen	Sammy Cahn
1967	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Jimmy Van Heusen	Sammy Cahn

SIDNEY CLAIRE

(2)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1933	Jimmy and Sally	You’re My Thrill	Jay Gorney	Sidney Claire
1934	Bright Eyes	On the Good Ship Lollipop	Richard Whiting	Sidney Claire

SAM COSLOW

(2)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1934	Murder at the Vanities	Cocktails for two	Arthur Johnson	Sam Coslow
1934	Belle of the Nineties	My Old Flame	Arthur Johnson	Sam Coslow

MACK DAVID

(7)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1950	Cinderella	Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo	Jerry Livingston and Al Hoffman	Mack David
1959	The Hanging Tree	The Hanging Tree	Jay Livingston	Mack David
1962	Walk on the Wildside	Walk on the Wildside	Elmer Bernstein	Mack David
1963	It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	Ernest Gold	Mack David
1964	Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte	Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte	Frank De Vol	Mack David
1965	Cat Ballou	The Ballad of Cat Ballou	Jay Livingston	Mack David
1966	Hawaii	My Wishing Doll	Elmer Bernstein	Mack David

HELEN DEUTSCH

(1)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1953	Lili	Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo	Bronislaw Kaper	Helen Deutsch

HOWARD DIETZ

(1)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1953	The Bandwagon	Thats Entertainment!	Arthur Schwartz	Howard Dietz

AL DUBIN

(10)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1933	42nd Street	42nd Street	Harry Warren	Al Dubin
1933	42nd Street	You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me	Harry Warren	Al Dubin
1933	42nd Street	Shuffle off to Buffalo	Harry Warren	Al Dubin
1933	Roman Scandals	Keep Young and Beautiful	Harry Warren	Al Dubin
1933	Gold Diggers of 1933	We’re in the Money	Harry Warren	Al Dubin
1934	Moulin Rouge	The Boulevard of Broken Dreams	Harry Warren	Al Dubin
1934	Dames	I Only Have Eyes for You	Harry Warren	Al Dubin
1935	Broadway Gondolier	Lulu’s Back in Town	Harry Warren	Al Dubin
1935	Golds Diggers of 1935	The Lullaby of Broadway	Harry Warren	Al Dubin
1937	Melody for Two	September in the Rain	Harry Warren	Al Dubin

ROGER EDENS

(1)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1940	Little Nellie Kelly	It’s a Great Day for the Irish	Roger Edens	Roger Edens

RAY EVANS

(4)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1948	The Paleface	Buttons and Bows	Jay Livingston	Ray Evans
1950	Captain Carey, USA	Mona Lisa	Jay Livingston	Ray Evans
1956	The Man Who Knew Too Much	Que Sera, Sera	Jay Livingston	Ray Evans
1957	Tammy and the Bachelor	Tammy	Jay Livingston	Ray Evans

DOROTHY FIELDS

(7)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1935	Every Night at Eight	I’m in the Mood for Love	Jimmy McHugh	Dorothy Fields
1935	Every Night at Eight	I Fell a Song Coming On	Jimmy McHugh	Dorothy Fields
1935	Roberta	Lovely to Look At	Jerome Kern	Dorothy Fields (with Jimmy McHugh)
1935	Roberta	I Won’t Dance	Jerome Kern	Dorothy Fields (with Jimmy McHugh)
1936	Swing Time	The Way You Look Tonight	Jerome Kern	Dorothy Fields
1936	Swing Time	A Fine Romance	Jerome Kern	Dorothy Fields
1936	Swing Time	Pick Yourself Up	Jerome Kern	Dorothy Fields

SYLVIA FINE

(2)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1953	The Moon is Blue	The Moon is Blue	Herschel Burke Gilbert	Sylvia Fine
1959	The Five Pennies	The Five Pennies	Sylvia Fine	Sylvia Fine

DORIS FISHER and ALLAN ROBERTS

(2)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer and Lyricist
1946	Gilda	Put the Blame on Mame	Doris Fisher and Allan Roberts
1946	Gilda	Amado Mio	Doris Fisher and Allan Roberts

ARTHUR FREED

(2)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1940	Strike Up the Band	Our Love Affair	Roger Edens	Arthur Freed
1952	Singing in the Rain	Make “Em Laugh	Nacio Herb Brown	Arthur Freed

LEONARD GERSHE

(3)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1954	A Star is Born	Born in a Trunk	Roger Edens	Leonard Gershe
1957	Funny Face	Think Pink!	Roger Edens	Leonard Gershe
1957	Funny Face	Bonjour Paris!	Roger Edens	Leonard Gershe

IRA GERSHWIN

(14)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1937	Shall We Dance	Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off	George Gershwin	Ira Gershwin
1937	Shall We Dance	They All Laughed (at Christopher Columbus)	George Gershwin	Ira Gershwin
1937	Shall We Dance	They Can’t Take That Away from Me	George Gershwin	Ira Gershwin
1937	A Damsel in Distress	Nice Work If You Can Get It	George Gershwin	Ira Gershwin
1937	A Damsel in Distress	A Foggy Day (in London Town)	George Gershwin	Ira Gershwin
1937	A Damsel in Distress	I Can’t Be Bothered Now	George Gershwin	Ira Gershwin
1937	A Damsel in Distress	Things Are Looking Up	George Gershwin	Ira Gershwin
1938	The Goldwyn Follies	I Was Doing All Right	George Gershwin	Ira Gershwin
1938	The Goldwyn Follies	Love is Here to Stay	George Gershwin	Ira Gershwin
1938	The Goldwyn Follies	*Love Walked In	George Gershwin	Ira Gershwin
1944	Cover Girl	Long Ago (and Far Away)	Jerome kern	Ira Gershwin
1947	The Shocking Miss Pilgrim	*Aren’t You Kinda Glad We Did?	George Gershwin	Ira Gershwin
1947	The Shocking Miss Pilgrim	*For You, For Me, For Evermore	George Gershwin	Ira Gershwin
1954	A Star is Born	The Man That Got Away	Harold Arlen	Ira Gershwin

* Old compositions of George with lyrics later added by Ira.

RAY GILBERT

(1)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1947	Song of the South	Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah	Allie Wrubel	Ray Gilbert

MACK GORDON

(5)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1941	Sun Valley Serenade	Chattanooga Choo Choo	Harry Warren	Mack Gordon
1941	Sun Valley Serenade	At Last	Harry Warren	Mack Gordon
1942	Orchestra Wives	I’ve Got a Girl in Kalamazoo	Harry Warren	Mack Gordon
1943	Hello, Frisco Hello	You’ll Never Know	Harry Warren	Mack Gordon
1945	Diamond Horseshoe	The More I See You	Harry Warren	Mack Gordon

Oscar Hammerstein II (4) Bert Kalmar (1)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1937	High, Wide, and Handsome	The Folks Who Love On the Hill	Jerome Kern	Oscar Hammerstein II
1941	Lady Be Good	The Last Time I Saw Paris	Jerome Kern	Oscar Hammerstein II
1945	State Fair	It Might as Well Be Spring	Richard Rogers	Oscar Hammerstein II
1951	The Strip	A Kiss to Build a Dream On	Harry Ruby	Oscar Hammerstein II (with Bert Kalmar)

YIP HARBURG

(8)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1939	The Wizard of Oz	If I Were King of the Forest	Harold Arlen	Yip Harburg
1939	The Wizard of Oz	The Merry Old Land of Oz	Harold Arlen	Yip Harburg
1939	The Wizard of Oz	Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead	Harold Arlen	Yip Harburg
1939	The Wizard of Oz	Follow the Yellow Brick Road	Harold Arlen	Yip Harburg
1939	The Wizard of Oz	If I Only Had a Brain \| Heart \| Nerve	Harold Arlen	Yip Harburg
1939	The Wizard of Oz	Over the Rainbow	Harold Arlen	Yip Harburg
1943	Cabin in the Cotton	Happiness is a Thing Called Joe	Harold Arlen	Yip Harburg
1963	I Could Go On Singing	I Could Go On Singing	Harold Arlen	Yip Harburg

EDWARD HEYMAN

(1)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1945	Love Letters	Love Letters	Victor Young	Edward Heyman

GUS KAHN (2) Edward Eliscu (1)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1934	Flying Down to Rio	Carioca	Vincent Yeomans	Gus Kahn (with Edward Eliscu)
1936	San Francisco	San Francisco	Bronislaw Kaper (with Walter Jurmann)	Gus Kahn

TED KOHLER

(4)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1933	Let’s Fall in Love	Let’s Fall in Love	Harold Arlen	Ted Kohler
1935	Curly Top	Animal Crackers in My Soup	Ray Henderson	Irving Caeser and Ted Kohler
1939	Love Affair	Sing My Heart	Harold Arlen	Ted Kohler
1945	San Antonio	Some Sunday Morning	Ray Heindorf & M.K. Jerome	Ted Kohler

FRANK LOESSER

(5)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1939	Destry Rides Again	See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have	Friedrich Hollaender	Frank Loesser
1943	Thank Your Lucky Stars	They’re Either Too Young or Too Old	Arthur Schwartz	Frank Loesser
1943	Happy Go Lucky	Let’s Get Lost	Jimmy McHugh	Frank Loesser
1949	Neptune’s Daughter	Baby, It’s Cold Outside	Frank Loesser	Frank Loesser
1952	Hans Christian Andersen	Thumbelina	Frank Loesser	Frank Loesser

HERB MAGIDSON

(1)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1934	The Gay Divorcee	The Continental	Con Conrad	Herb Magidson

JOHNNY MERCER

(19)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1937	Hollywood Hotel	Hooray for Hollywood	Richard Whiting	Johnny Mercer
1937	Ready, Willing, and Able	Too Marvellous for Words	Richard Whiting	Johnny Mercer
1938	Going Places	Jeepers Creepers	Harry Warren	Johnny Mercer
1938	Hard to Get	You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby	Harry Warren	Johnny Mercer
1941	Blues in the Night	Blues in the Night	Harold Arlen	Johnny Mercer
1941	Blues in the Night	This Time’s the Dream’s on Me	Harold Arlen	Johnny Mercer
1941	The Fleet’s In	Tangerine	Victor Schertzinger	Johnny Mercer
1943	Star Spangled Rhythm	That Old Black Magic	Harold Arlen	Johnny Mercer
1943	The Sky’s the Limit	My Shining Hour	Harold Arlen	Johnny Mercer
1943	The Sky’s the Limit	One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)	Harold Arlen	Johnny Mercer
1945	Here Come the Waves	Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate-the-Positive	Harold Arlen	Johnny Mercer
1946	The Harvey Girls	On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe	Harry Warren	Johnny Mercer
1951	Here Comes the Groom	In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening	Hoagy Carmichael	Johnny Mercer
1955	Daddy Long Legs	Something’s Gotts Give	Johnny Mercer	Johnny Mercer
1961	Breakfast at Tiffanys	Moon River	Henry Mancini	Johnny Mercer
1962	The Days of Wine and Roses	The Days of Wine and Roses	Henry Mancini	Johnny Mercer
1963	Charade	Charade	Henry Mancini	Johnny Mercer
1965	The Great Race	The Sweetheart Tree	Henry Mancini	Johnny Mercer
1965	The Great race	He Shouldn’t-A, Hadn’t-A, Oughtn’t-A Swang on Me	Henry Mancini	Johnny Mercer

BOB MERRILL

(1)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1968	Funny Girl	Funny Girl	Jule Stein	Bob Merrill

LARRY MOREY

(4)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1937	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Someday My Prince Will Come	Frank Churchill	Larry Morey
1937	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Whistle While You Work	Frank Churchill	Larry Morey
1937	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Heigh-Ho	Frank Churchill	Larry Morey
1942	Bambi	Love is a Song	Frank Churchill	Larry Morey

COLE PORTER

(4)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1936	Born to Dance	I’ve Got You Under My Skin	Cole Porter	Cole Porter
1943	Something to Shout About	You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To	Cole Poster	Cole Poster
1948	The Pirate	Be a Clown	Cole Porter	Cole Porter
1956	High Society	True Love	Cole Porter	Cole Porter

DORY PREVIN

(3)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1960	Pepe	Faraway Part of Town	Andre Previn	Dory Previn
1962	Two for the Seasaw	Second Chance	Andre Previn	Dory Previn
1969	The Sterile Cuckoo	Come Saturday Morning	Fred Karlin	Dory Previn

DON RAYE (5)

PATRICIA JOHNSON (1)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1941	Buck Privates	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy	Hughie Prince	Don Raye
1941	Ride ‘Em Cowboy	I’ll Remember April	Gene de Paul	Don Raye (with Patricia Johnson)
1942	Keep ‘Em Flying	You Don’t Know What Love Is	Gene de Paul	Don Raye
1943	I Dood It	Star Eyes	Gene de Paul	Don Raye
1943	He’s My Guy	He’s My Guy	Gene de Paul	Don Raye

LEO ROBIN

(2)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1938	The Big Broadcast of 1938	Thanks for the Memory	Ralph Rainger	Leo Robin
1947	The Time, the Place, and the Girl	A Gal in Calico	Arthur Schwartz	Leo Robin

NED WASHINGTON

(6)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1940	Pinocchio	When You Wish Upon a Star	Leigh Harline	Ned Washington
1941	Dumbo	Baby Mine	Frank Churchill	Ned Washington
1949	My Foolish Heart	My Foolish Heart	Victor Young	Ned Washington
1952	High Noon	The Ballad of High Noon	Dimitri Tiomkin	Ned Washington
1957	Wild is the Wind	Wild is the Wind	Dimitri Tiomkin	Ned Washington
1961	Town Without Pity	Town Without Pity	Dimitri Tiomkin	Ned Washington

Paul Francis Webster

(6)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1953	Calamity Jane	Secret Love	Sammy Fain	Paul Francis Webster
1955	Love is a Many Splendoured Thing	Love is a Many Splendoured Thing	Sammy Fain	Paul Francis Webster
1956	Friendly Persuasion	Friendly Persuasion	Dimitri Tiomkin	Paul Francis Webster
1957	April Love	April Love	Sammy Fain	Paul Francis Webster
1962	Tender is the Night	Tender is the Night	Sammy Fain	Paul Francis Webster
1965	The Sandpiper	The Shadow of Your Smile	Johnny Mandel	Paul Francis Webster

HY ZARET

(1)

Year	Film Title	Song Title	Composer	Lyricist
1955	Unchained	Unchained Melody	Alex North	Hy Zaret

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