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Jack Lawrence
Vintage sheet music for
"All or Nothing at All
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music by Arthur Altman
words by Jack Lawrence
Jimmy Dorsey and Bob Eberle on cover
1940
Basic Information
Born: Jack Lawrence Schwartz, April 7, 1912, Brooklyn, New York
Died: March 15, 2009, Danbury, Connecticut (US)
Primary songwriting roles: composer and lyricist; also a conductor
Overview and Commentary:
Jack Lawrence (This section is in progress.)
Reading Lyrics,
Edited and with an Introduction by Robert Gottlieb and Robert Kimball, New York: Pantheon Books, 2000.
As Robert Gottlieb and Robert Kimbal point out in their overview of Lawrence for their book Reading Lyrics, a thumbnail of Lawrence's career as a lyricist can be created out of the songs he wrote that are connected to specific performers or occasions:
"Ciribiribin" became Harry James' theme song; "Linda" was written to celebrate the birth of Linda Eastman MCartney; and he gave first hits to Sarah Vaughan ("Tenderly"). . . ; Dinah Shore ("Yes, My Darling Daughter"); Frank Sinatra ("All or Nothing at All"); and the Ink Spots ("If I Didn't Care").
He had big hits written for Independent publication ("Symphony") as well as "a superior score" for a Broadway show (I Had a Ball). (Gottlieb and Kimball, p. 468).
Jack Lawrenceresearch resources in print (listed chronologically):
ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, New York: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Cattell/Bowker, Fourth edition, 1980 (dates, collaborators, shows/movies, songs, etc., entry p. 290).
Robert Gottlieb and Robert Kimball (Eds.), Reading Lyrics, New York: Pantheon Books, 2000 (pp. 468-470 (overview plus lyrics to six songs).
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