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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
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Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln
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Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson
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Steve Dorff
Steve Dorff
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Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
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Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater
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Sonny White
Sonny White
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Caterina Valente
Caterina Valente
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Jo Dee Messina
Jo Dee Messina
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Bill Carter
Bill Carter
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Louie Bellson
Louie Bellson
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June Carter Cash
June Carter Cash
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Sylvia Moy
Sylvia Moy
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She & Him
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Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
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Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
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Tadd Dameron
Tadd Dameron
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Cheryl James
Cheryl James
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Sam Theard
Sam Theard
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Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine
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Kiki Dee
Kiki Dee
English pop singer
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Jimmy Rowles
Jimmy Rowles
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Jon Hendricks
Jon Hendricks
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Ignacio Berroa
Ignacio Berroa
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
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John Clayton
John Clayton
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Mezz Mezzrow
Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
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Cootie Williams
Cootie Williams
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Spike Hughes
Spike Hughes
Composer, Author, Music Critic
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John Hammond
John Hammond
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Ann Hampton Callaway
Ann Hampton Callaway
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Bobby Rydell
Bobby Rydell
American professional singer, mainly of rock and roll music
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Martha Tilton
Martha Tilton
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Rhiannon Giddens
Rhiannon Giddens
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Roland Hanna
Roland Hanna
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Clint Ballard, Jr.
Clint Ballard, Jr.
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Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown
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Carmen McRae
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ABBA
ABBA
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Sylvia Dee
American songwriter and writer

Sylvia Dee

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American songwriter and writer
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| birth_place = Little Rock, Arkansas | birth_date = October 22 1914 | death_place = New York City, New York, United States | death_date = June 12 1967 (aged 52) | education = University of Michigan | occupation =Lyricist , novelist }} Sylvia Dee (born Josephine Moore, October 22, 1914 – June 12, 1967) was an American lyricist and novelist best known for writing the lyrics to "Too Young", a hit for Nat King Cole, "The End of the World", a hit for Skeeter Davis and "Bring Me Sunshine". She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and educated at the University of Michigan. She was a copywriter for a newspaper in Rochester, New York, and wrote a number of short stories as well as the Broadway stage scores for "Barefoot Boy With Cheek". Joining ASCAP in 1943, her musical collaborators included Sidney Lippman, Arthur Kent, Elizabeth Evelyn Moore, George Goehring, Al Frisch and Guy Wood.

Dee wrote the words to a nonsense song that went to number 1 in 1945 called "Chickery Chick". The music was written by Sidney Lippman and it was played by Sammy Kaye's orchestra. Its nonsense lyrics included "Chickery chick, cha-la, cha-la". She co-wrote "I Taught Him Everything He Knows" with Arthur Kent, recorded by Ella Fitzgerald on her 1968 Capitol release Misty Blue. She co-wrote "Look for Me (I'll Be Around)" with Guy Wood, which was recorded by Sarah Vaughan on "The Benny Carter Sessions" and Neko Case on "Blacklisted". She also wrote songs for Connie Francis ("Robot Man") and Elvis Presley in the films Blue Hawaii and Speedway. Popular-song compositions also include "It Couldn't Be True", "Stardreams", "I'm Thrilled", "Have You Changed", "After Graduation Day", "Laroo Laroo Lili Bolero", "Angel Lips, Angel Eyes", "Pushcart Serenade", "A House With Love In It", "Moonlight Swim", "That's the Chance You Take", "Somebody Nobody Wants", and "Please Don't Talk to the Lifeguard".

At the time of her death in New York City, she was the wife of Dr. Jere Faison, a New York gynecologist. She was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Monmouth County, NJ as Josephine Proffitt Faison.