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Don George

Don George

American popular music lyricist

For the Canadian football player, see Don George (Canadian football). For the American boxer, see Don George (boxer).

Don R. George (August 27, 1909 – 1987) was an American lyricist of popular music. His songs include "The Yellow Rose of Texas"[1] "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (1937), "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (1944) and "Everything but You" (1945).[2] George has also written lyrics for film songs.[1]

He was a personal friend[3] and occasional lyricist of jazz composer Duke Ellington, whom he followed closely from 1943 until Ellington's death in 1974.[1] It was with Ellington that he wrote many of hist best-known songs.[2] George wrote a 1981 biography of Ellington titled Sweet Man: The Real Duke Ellington.

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Jazz in print". The Jazz Man. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. [2]
    Ankeny, Jason. "Don George". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  3. [3]
    Wein, George; Chinen, Nate (2004). Myself Among Others: A Life in Music. Da Capo Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-306-81352-8.
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