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Ladies Don't Write Lyrics - Celebrating the Words of Dorothy Fields

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 26, 2021

The broadcast begins with several Dorothy Fields standards to celebrate her birthday. Although the daughter of vaudeville star Lew Fields who coined the phrase “That was no lady—that was my wife," he did not approve of her vocation, saying “Ladies do not write lyrics." She retorted “I'm no lady—I'm your daughter!" The rest is herstory. Also ...