Dorothy Fields

Dorothy Fields

Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Her best-known pieces include "The Way You Look Tonight" (1936), "A Fine Romance" (1936), "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (1930), "Don't Blame Me" (1948), "Pick Yourself Up" (1936), "I'm in the Mood for Love" (1935), "You Couldn't Be Cuter" (1938) and "Big Spender" (1966). Throughout her career, she collaborated with various influential figures in the American musical theater, including Jerome Kern, Cy Coleman, Irving Berlin, and Jimmy McHugh. Along with Ann Ronell, Dana Suesse, Bernice Petkere, and Kay Swift, she was one of the first successful Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood female songwriters.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 15, 1905 (Allenhurst), Died March 28, 1974 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, vocalist

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 151-175 of 306 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-Test-111	10-in.	6/21/1928	Baby	Adelaide Hall	Female vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	BVE-Test-119	10-in.	7/23/1928	I can't give you anything but love, baby	Harold Arlen	Male vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment)	lyricist
Victor	BVE-Test-133	10-in.	9/19/1928	I can't give you anything but love	Edith Griffith	Female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BVE-Test-166	10-in.	3/12/1929	I can't give you anything but love	Billy Milton	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	BVE-Test-168	10-in.	3/13/1929	I can't give you anything but love	William Broussard	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	BVE-Test-406	10-in.	12/10/1928	I must have that man	Lee Wiley	Female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-Test-1057	10-in.	8/23/1933	Learn to croon	Bud Saunders	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	W145860	10-in.	3/30/1928	I'm a broken-hearted blackbird	14 Doctors of Syncopation ; Doc Cook	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W145879	10-in.	3/26/1928	Collegiana	Jan Garber Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	145985	10-in.	4/9/1928	Collegiana	Harmony Brothers	Male vocal duet, with alto saxophone and piano	lyricist
Columbia	W146348	10-in.	5/26/1928	I can't give you anything but love	Martha Copeland	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano	lyricist
Columbia	146357	10-in.	5/28/1928	I can't give you anything but love	Lou Gold Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W146380	10-in.	6/1/1928	I can't give you anything but love	The Knickerbockers	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W146381	10-in.	6/1/1928	I must have that man!	The Knickerbockers	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W146622	10-in.	7/3/1928	I can't give you anything but love	Cliff Edwards	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W146754	10-in.	7/20/1928	Doin' the new low-down	Mississippi Maulers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	[W]146791	10-in.	7/24/1928	I can't give you anything but love	Annette Hanshaw and her Sizzlin' Syncopators	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Columbia	[W]146792	10-in.	7/24/1928	I must have that man!	Annette Hanshaw and her Sizzlin' Syncopators	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Columbia	W146809	10-in.	7/26/1928	Doin' the new low down	The Diplomats	Vocal ensemble	lyricist
Columbia	W146810	10-in.	7/26/1928	Diga diga doo	The Diplomats	Vocal ensemble	lyricist
Columbia	W146990	10-in.	9/13/1928	I must have that man!	Blue Grass Boys ; Lee Morse	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble	lyricist
Columbia	147114	10-in.	10/8/1928	Diga diga doo	Arthur Ross and his Westerners ; Tom Frawley	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	147495	10-in.	11/27/1928	Baby!	Jimmy McHugh's Bostonians ; Claude Reese	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W147508	10-in.	11/14/1928	Baby!	Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	[W]147689	10-in.	12/4/1928	Baby	Sammy Fain	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist

(Results 151-175 of 306 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Fields, Dorothy," accessed October 13, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103076.

Fields, Dorothy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 13, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103076.

"Fields, Dorothy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 13 October 2024.