January 28, 1993(1993-01-28) (aged 95) Southington, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation(s)
Composer
Years active
1930–91
Spouse(s)
James Paul Warburg
(m. 1918; div. 1934)
Faye Hubbard
(m. 1939; div. 1946)
Hunter Galloway
(m. 1947; div. 1968)
Children
3
Relatives
Katharine Weber (granddaughter)
Musical artist
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).
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...
October 11, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2011. Hyland 2003, p. 108. KaySwift biography (KaySwift Memorial Trust) Archived December 3, 2019, at the Wayback Machine...
consent or by conquest." In 1918, Warburg married composer and musician KaySwift. Swift was a Protestant and Warburg's uncle, Jacob Schiff, objected to the...
"Taylor Swift stammt aus dem Freistaat". BR24 (in German). September 17, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2021. McKay, Gabriel (July 6, 2023). "Taylor Swift Edinburgh:...
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. A subject of widespread public interest with a vast fanbase, she has influenced...
the 1930 Broadway musical of the same name. The music was written by KaySwift, the lyrics by Paul James (a pseudonym of James Paul Warburg). The song...
Jimmy McHugh. Along with Ann Ronell, Dana Suesse, Bernice Petkere, and KaySwift, she was one of the first successful Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood female...
Little Love? 1956 Phil Tuminello Can't We Be Friends 1955 Paul James, KaySwift Can't You Just See Yourself? 1947 Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne Carolina in the...
Gal) (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, 1927) Can't We Be Friends? (KaySwift and Paul James, 1929) Cantaloupe Island (Herbie Hancock, 1964) Cantiga...
part-time undergraduate. Since Swift's death in 1993, Weber has been a Trustee and the Administrator of the KaySwift Memorial Trust. In 2004 Weber was...
Sherman Abner Silver Lou Singer Sunny Skylar Lee Orean Smith Ted Snyder KaySwift Edward Teschemacher Albert Von Tilzer Harry Von Tilzer Fats Waller Harry...
an inane theme song – "Fine and Dandy", an early 1930s composition by KaySwift. His best-known role came in 1985 as Lt./Capt./Cmdt. Mauser in Police...
The American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift (born 1989) has written or co-written every song in her eleven-album discography, with the exception of several...
Used to Losing You" Doc Pomus Mort Shuman 1929 "Can't We Be Friends?" KaySwift Paul James 1933 "(The) Carioca" Vincent Youmans Edward Eliscu and Gus...
World's Fair, in a musical revue with a score by the Broadway composer KaySwift. Elsie has been bestowed such tongue-in-cheek honorary university degrees...
songs, and composed additional ones) 1947 – The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (KaySwift adapted a number of unpublished Gershwin melodies) 1951 – An American...
economist, banker, advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt, married to KaySwift (1897–1993) Andrea Swift Warburg (1922–2009), married to Sidney Kaufman. Katharine...
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Can't We Be Friends?" Paul James, KaySwift 3:47 2. "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" Irving Berlin 6:16 3. "Moonlight in Vermont"...
Marilyn Joyce Gateway (1938) – Mrs. Fay Sims Thanks for Everything (1938) – KaySwift The Three Musketeers (1939) – Milady De Winter Wife, Husband and Friend...
Stroock). In 1952, Skinner's one-woman show Paris '90 (music and lyrics by KaySwift) premiered on Broadway. An original cast recording was produced by Goddard...
Chauncey Gray, Fred Hamm & Dave Bennett "Can This Be Love?" w. Paul James m. KaySwift. Introduced by Alice Boulden in the musical Fine and Dandy (musical)|Fine...
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