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Dorothy Fields

Dorothy Fields is credited on 7,587 releases across 2,408 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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7,587

Credits

2,408

Albums

8

Decades active

825

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Songwriter, born 15 July 1905 in Allenhurst, New Jersey, died 28 March 1974 in New York, New York.
She was a successful lyricist who collaborated with composers such as Jimmy McHugh, Jerome Kern and Cy Coleman. Among her best known songs are On The Sunny Side Of The Street (1930), The Way You Look Tonight (1936) and Big Spender (1964).
In 1971, she was the first woman to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Dorothy Fields is the daughter of vaudeville artist Lew Fields, sister of playwriters Joseph Fields and Herbert Fields and mother of pianist David Lahm.

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7,587 releases · 2,408 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 8,696
  • Other credits · 89

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Gilley's Recording Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Waldorf Astoria Hotel

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