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Kay Swift / Arr. Eric Osterling
Unterhaltungsmusik
Kay Swift composer
date of birth: 19.04.1897
date of death: 28.01.1993
Katharine Faulkner "Kay" Swift (April 19, 1897 January 28, 1993) was an American composer of popular and classical music, the first woman to score a hit musical completely. Written in 1930, the Broadway musical Fine and Dandy includes some of her best known songs; the song Fine and Dandy has become a jazz standard. "Can't We Be Friends?" (1929) was her biggest hit song.
Swift also arranged some of the music of George Gershwin posthumously, such as the prelude "Sleepless Night" (1946).
Swift also arranged some of the music of George Gershwin posthumously, such as the prelude "Sleepless Night" (1946).
