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Well we really meant you to visit Paris in May, but the rhythm required two syllables.
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Birth: | 10th October, 1903 |
Death: | 16th January, 1969 |
Nationality: | American, Russian |
Profession: | Composer, Lyricist |
Vernon Duke was a Russian-American composer/songwriter, who also wrote under his original name Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for "Taking a Chance on Love" with lyrics by Ted Fetter and John Latouche, "I Can't Get Started" with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, "April in Paris" with lyrics by E. Y. Harburg, and "What Is There To Say" for the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934, also with Harburg.
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