Mitchell Parish
Mitchell Parish (* 10. July 1900 as Michael Hyman Pashelinsky in Lithuania , † 31 March 1993 in New York City ) was an American songwriter . He wrote u. a. the text for "Stardust" with Hoagy Carmichael and "Sophisticated Lady" by Duke Ellington .
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Mitchell Parish came from a Jewish family who immigrated from Lithuania in 1901. He grew up in Louisiana , later the family moved to New York . In the late 1920s, Parish began working as a songwriter on Tin Pan Alley ; there he specialized in writing lyrics for instrumental pieces and foreign hits. His first big hit was "Sweet Lorraine" in 1928, based on an instrumental piece by Cliff Boswell .
Most famous was his song "Stardust", which he wrote in 1929 with Hoagy Carmichael . Although impresario Irving Mills (who never wrote a line of lyrics) and Duke Ellington put their names under " Mood Indigo ", the swing classic was actually from Barney Bigard and Parish. In 1932 he wrote the hit "Sentimental Sisters from Georgia" with the music of Frank Perkins for the Boswell Sisters . The two also wrote the Cab Calloway hit song "The Scat Song". The following year "One Morning in May" was created with Carmichael. In 1934 he provided the text for Ellington's " Sophisticated Lady ". In 1934 Parish and Perkins renewed their collaboration and created the title " Stars Fell on Alabama ", which would soon become a jazz standard . This also applies to the song "Stairway to the Stars" from 1935. In 1939 he wrote the song "Deep Purple" to the tune of Peter DeRose . Big hits were "Volare", " Moonlight Serenade " for Glenn Miller (1939) and "Sleigh Ride". In 1987 a revue entitled "Stardust" was performed on Broadway with Mitchell Parish's songs; it had 101 screenings and ran until 1999.
He died in Manhattan at the age of 92 and is buried in Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York.
literature
- Ken Bloom: The American Songbook - The Singers, the Songwriters, and the Songs - . New York City, Black Dog & Leventhal, 2005 ISBN 1-57912-448-8 )
- Hill, Tony L. "Mitchell Parish, 1900-1993," in Dictionary of Literary Biography 265. Detroit: Gale Research, 2002.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Parish, Mitchell |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pashelinsky, Michael Hyman (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer and lyricist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lithuania |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1993 |
| Place of death | New York City |