Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Song Lyric of the Day (Dietz)

“The world is a stage; the stage is a world of entertainment!”—from “That’s Entertainment!”, lyrics by Howard Dietz, music by Arthur Schwartz

(The lyricist partner of Schwartz—“Dancing in the Dark” is another one of their credits—as well as Vernon Duke, Jerome Kern and Jimmy McHugh, died on this date in 1983 at age 86 of Parkinson’s Disease.)

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