`SWANEE,' `TEA FOR TWO' LYRICIST IRVING CAESAR.Byline: Associated Press Irving Caesar, who wrote the words to George Gershwin's first hit, ``Swanee,'' as well as lyrics for ``Tea for Two'' and other standards from long ago, died Tuesday. He was 101. Caesar died at Mount Sinai Hospital Mount Sinai Hospital can refer to:
He was one of the last survivors of a generation whose sparkling music and lyrics made musical comedy shine in the 1920s and '30s. Besides Gershwin, his collaborators included Vincent Youmans, Buddy De Sylva syl·va n. Variant of silva. Noun 1. sylva - the forest trees growing in a country or region silva timberland, woodland, forest, timber - land that is covered with trees and shrubs , Roger Wolfe Kahn Roger Wolfe Kahn (October 19, 1907 – July 12, 1962) was an American jazz and popular musician, composer, and bandleader ("Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra"). , Oscar Levant, Victor Herbert, Sammy Lerner, Rudolph Friml and Gerald Marks. Among Caesar's song lyrics: ``Just a Gigolo gig·o·lo n. pl. gig·o·los 1. A man who has a continuing sexual relationship with and receives financial support from a woman. 2. A man who is hired as an escort or a dancing partner for a woman. ,'' ``Crazy Rhythm,'' the Shirley Temple tune ``Animal Crackers in My Soup,'' ``I'm the Singer, You Are the Song,'' ``The Yankee Doodle Blues,'' and ``I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful).'' |
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