Leigh, Carolyn, 1926-1983
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Lyricist of "Hey, look me over" and songs.
Carolyn Leigh, lyricist, was born 21 August 1926 in New York. She wrote lyrics for the Broadway shows Peter Pan, Wildcat, How Now Dow Jones and Little Me as well as for a tribute to labor commissioned by the United States Department of Labor entitled Something to Do . She also wrote for television and numerous popular songs including Young at Heart, Witchcraft and Firefly . Among her principal collaborators were Cy Coleman, Mark 'Moose' Charlap, John Richards, Philip Springer, Elmer Bernstein, Morton Gould and Lee Pockriss. Ms. Leigh died in 1983 in New York and was inducted posthumously into the Song Writers' Hall of Fame in 1985.
Carolyn Leigh, lyricist, was born 21 August 1926 in New York. She wrote lyrics for the Broadway shows PETER PAN, WILDCAT, HOW NOW DOW JONES, and LITTLE ME and for a tribute to labor commissioned by the U.S. Dept. of Labor, SOMETHING TO DO. She also wrote for television and numerous popular songs including "Young at Heart" and "Firefly". Ms. Leigh died in New York in 1983 and was inducted posthumously into the Song Writers' Hall of Fame in 1985. Among her principal collaborators were Cy Coleman, Mark 'Moose' Charlap, John Richards, Philip Springer, Elmer Bernstein, Morton Gould, and Lee Pockriss.
Carolyn Leigh, lyricist, was born August 21, 1926 in New York.
She wrote lyrics for the Broadway shows Peter Pan, Wildcat, How Now Dow Jones, and Little Me, as well as for a tribute to labor commissioned by the United States Department of Labor entitled Something to Do. She also wrote for television and numerous popular songs including Young at Heart, Witchcraft, and Firefly. Among her principal collaborators were Cy Coleman, Morton Gould, and Lee Pockriss. Ms. Leigh died in 1983 in New York and was inducted posthumousy into the Song Writers' Hall of Fame in 1985.
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