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Vernon Duke ( 1903- 1969), composer/songwriter, wrote such favorites as "I Can't Get Started" with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, "April In Paris" with lyrics by E.Y. ("Yip") Harburg ( 1932), and "What Is There To Say" for The Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 also with Harburg. He wrote the words and music for "Autumn in New York" ( 1934). He was born Vladimir Dukelsky on October 10, 1903, in Pskov, Russia. He studied at the Kiev Conservatory. He arrived in the United States in 1921. His first full Broadway score was for a 1932 revue called "Walk a Lttle Faster." His first full musical comedy was "Cabin in the Sky" in 1940.
- 1932 - Walk a Little Faster (lyrics by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg )
- "April in Paris"
- "A Penny for Your Thoughts"
- "Off Again, On Again"
- "Speaking of Love"
- "Where Have We Met Before?"
- 1940 - Cabin in the Sky (lyrics by John La Touche)
- "Taking a Chance on Love"
- "Cabin in the Sky"
- "Honey in the Honeycomb"
- "Love Me Tomorrow"
- 1941 - " Banjo Eyes " (lyrics by John La Touche and Harold Adamson)
- "We're Having a Baby"
- "Who Started the Rhumba?"
- "A Nickel to My Name"
- 1942 - " The Lady Comes Across " (lyrics by John La Touche)
- "Summer Is A-Commin' In"
- "You Took Me By Surprise"
- "This Is Where I Came In"
- "Lady"
- 1944 - " Jackpot" (lyrics by Howard DietzHoward Dietz ( September 8, 1896 July 30, 1983) was an American lyric writer and librettist. He was born in New York City and studied journalism at Columbia University. He began a long association with Arthur Schwartz when they teamed up for the Broadway)
- "What Happened"
- "Sugarfoot"
- "I've Got a One-Track Mind"
- "I Kissed My Girl Goodbye"
- 1944 - " Sadie ThompsonSadie Thompson is a 1928 film which tells the story of a "fallen" woman who comes to the island of Pago Pago to start a new life, but encounters a zealous missionary who wants to force her back to her former life in San Francisco. It stars Gloria Swanson," (lyrics by Howard Dietz]])
- "The Love I Long For"
- "Poor as a Church Mouse"
- "When You Live on an Island"
- 1952 - " Two's Company " (lyrics by Ogden NashFrederic Ogden Nash ( August 19, 1902 May 19, 1971) was an American poet best known for writing pithy, funny, light verse. Nash was born in Rye, New York. His father owned and operated an import-export company, and because of business obligations Nash's f and Sammy CahnSammy Cahn ( June 18, 1913 January 15, 1993) was a songwriter and musician, playing the piano and violin. He was born Samuel Cohen in New York City. He died in Los Angeles, California, of heart-related problems. He was married at least twice; first to Glo)
- "It Just Occurred to Me"
- "Roundabout"
- "Out of the Clear Blue Sky"
- "Haunted Hot Spot"
- "Just Like a Man"
- 1956 - " The Littlest Revue " (music also by others - Duke lyrics by Ogden NashFrederic Ogden Nash ( August 19, 1902 May 19, 1971) was an American poet best known for writing pithy, funny, light verse. Nash was born in Rye, New York. His father owned and operated an import-export company, and because of business obligations Nash's f)
- "I Want to Fly Now (and Pay Later)"
- "Summer Is A-Comin' In"
- "Good Little Girls"
- "Love Is Still in Town"
- "You're Far from Wonderful"
- "Madly in Love"
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