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Howard Dietz (1896–1983)

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Song lyricist ("Moanin' Low", "Dancing in the Dark", "That's Entertainment") and film executive, educated at Townsend Harris Hall and Columbia University. He edited college publications, and wrote newspaper columns, winning a prize in an ad-writing contest, which led to a position as an agency copywriter... See full bio »

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Howard M. Dietz
in New York City, New York, USA

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(age 86) in New York City, New York, USA
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2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary) (lyrics: "That's Entertainment")
 
2009 BBC Proms (TV series)
– Prom 22: A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals (2009) (lyrics: "That's Entertainment")
 
2008 BCN aixeca el teló (TV special) (lyrics: "That's Entertainment")
 
2008 Tough Baby: Torch Song (video documentary short) (writer: "Two Faced Woman" Outtake from The Band Wagon)
 
2008 Sita Sings the Blues ("Moanin' Low")
 
2007 ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (documentary) (writer: "That's Entertainment")
 
2007 Razzle Dazzle (writer: "That's Entertainment")
 
2005 Carly Simon: A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2 (video) (lyrics: "Alone Together")
 
2005 Embedded (video) (writer: "Alone Together")
 
2005 Blue in Green (lyrics: "You and the Night and the Music")
 
2004 Rosemary Clooney: Singing at Her Best (video short) (lyrics: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan")
 
2003 Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (writer: "You & the Night & the Music")
 
2001 Great Performances: Dance in America (TV series)
– From Broadway: Fosse (2001) (lyrics: "Dancing in the Dark")
 
2001 Hannibal (writer: "THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT")
 
1999 The End of the Affair (writer: "Haunted Heart")
 
1999 Man of the Century (writer: "Dancing in the Dark")
 
1998 Little Voice (lyrics: "That's Entertainment" 1953)
 
1996 Bogus (writer: "Dancing In The Dark")
 
1995 Lord of Illusions (writer: "Dancing in the Dark")
 
1995 The Bridges of Madison County (writer: "I See Your Face Before Me")
 
1995 Kids (writer: "Dancing in the Dark")
 
1994 Quiz Show (writer: "DANCING IN THE DARK")
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary) (lyrics: "That's Entertainment" 1953 - uncredited, "Feelin' High" 1934 - uncredited, "Two-Faced Woman" 1953 - uncredited)
 
1991 Great Performances (TV series)
– The Fred Astaire Songbook (1991) (lyrics: "A Shine on Your Shoes", "By Myself", "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan", "I Love Louisa")
 
1990 3 Men and a Little Lady (writer: "DANCING IN THE DARK")
 
1990 Tiny Toon Adventures (TV series)
– The Wide World of Elmyra (1990) (writer: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" - uncredited)
 
1990 The Two Jakes (lyrics: "Haunted Heart")
 
1988 Twice Dead (writer: "Dancing in the Dark")
 
1987 Radio Days (lyrics: "Dancing in the Dark" 1931)
 
1985 Webster (TV series)
– Great Expectations: Part 1 (1985) (lyrics: "You and the Night and the Music")
 
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary) (lyrics: "A Shine on Your Shoes")
 
1982 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can ("I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLAN")
 
1978 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Steve Martin/The Blues Brothers (1978) (writer: "Dancing in the Dark")
 
1978 Pennies from Heaven (TV mini-series)
– Easy Come, Easy Go (1978) (lyrics: "You and the Night and the Music" - uncredited)
 
1977 The Muppet Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.24 (1977) (lyrics: "That's Entertainment")
 
1977 The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (TV series)
– Episode #1.5 (1977) (writer: "That's Entertainment!")
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (lyrics: "That's Entertainment" 1953 - uncredited, "Triplets" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1976 Martine (TV series)
– Episode #1.5 (1976) (lyrics: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" - uncredited)
 
1975 Grey Gardens (documentary) (lyrics: "You and the Night and the Music" - uncredited)
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary) (lyrics: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" 1929 - uncredited, "By Myself" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1971 The Telephone Book (writer: "Something To Remember Me By")
 
1971 A Safe Place (lyrics: " Give Me Something to Remember You By")
 
1970 Husbands (lyrics: "Dancing in the Dark" 1931 - uncredited)
 
1970 Liza (TV movie) (writer: "That's Entertainment!")
 
1969 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Episode dated 13 November 1969 (1969) (lyrics: "Two-Faced Woman" - uncredited)
 
1968-1969 Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers in London (TV series)
– Episode #2.2 (1969) (lyrics: "A Shine on Your Shoes" - uncredited)
– Episode #1.9 (1968) (lyrics: "Triplets" - uncredited)
– Episode #1.7 (1968) (lyrics: "A Shine on Your Shoes" - uncredited)
 
1968 That's Life (TV series)
– Happy New Year (1968) (writer: "That's Entertainment!")
 
1967 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
– Episode #21.4 (1967) (lyrics: "By Myself" - uncredited)
 
1967 The Lawrence Welk Show (TV series)
– Music! Music! Music! (1967) (lyrics: "Waitin' for the Evening Train" - uncredited)
 
1967 Hotel (lyrics: "Alone Together" - uncredited)
 
1966 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
– Episode #4.4 (1966) (lyrics: "New Sun in the Sky" - uncredited)
 
1965-1966 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
– Episode #3.33 (1966) (lyrics: "A Shine on Your Shoes" - uncredited)
– Episode #2.26 (1965) (writer: "You and the Night and the Music" - uncredited)
 
1958-1966 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
– Episode dated 28 March 1966 (1966) (writer: "New Sun in the Sky")
– Episode dated 16 December 1959 (1959) (lyrics: "You and the Night and the Music" - uncredited)
– Episode dated 25 January 1958 (1958) (lyrics: "A Shine on Your Shoes" - uncredited)
 
1962 Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (TV special documentary) (writer: "History of Musical Comedy)
 
1962 The Judy Garland Show (TV movie) (writer: "I See Your Face Before Me")
 
1962 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
– Portals of Music (1962) ("Dancing in the Dark" - uncredited)
 
1960 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
– With This Ring (1960) (lyrics: "A Shine on Your Shoes" - uncredited)
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
– Soldiers in Greasepaint (1960) (lyrics: "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" - uncredited)
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
– Give My Regards to Broadway (1959) (lyrics: "That's Entertainment" - uncredited)
 
1959 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
– Six Superior Skirts (1959) (lyrics: "You and the Night and the Music" - uncredited)
 
1959 Frontier Rangers (lyrics: "Ranger Song" - uncredited)
 
1957 The Edsel Show (TV special) (lyrics: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" - uncredited)
 
1957 The Delicate Delinquent (writer: "By Myself")
 
1955-1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
– A Bell for Adano (1956) (writer: "A Bell For Adano", "Fish", "I'm Part Of You", "Okay, Mister Major")
– Together with Music (1955) (lyrics: "Dancing in the Dark" - uncredited)
 
1953 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
– Episode #6.9 (1953) (lyrics: "By Myself")
 
1953 Torch Song (lyrics: "Two-Faced Woman")
 
1953 The Band Wagon (lyrics: "By Myself" 1937 - uncredited, "A Shine on Your Shoes" 1932 - uncredited, "Oedipus Bridge" - uncredited, "That's Entertainment" 1953 - uncredited, "You and the Night and the Music" 1934 - uncredited, "Something to Remember You By" 1930 - uncredited, "High and Low" 1931 - uncredited, "I Love Louisa" 1931 - uncredited, "New Sun in the Sky" 1931 - uncredited, "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" 1929 - uncredited, "Louisiana Hayride" 1932 - uncredited, "Triplets" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1951 The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (TV series)
– Episode #3.12 (1951) (writer: "You and the Night and the Music")
 
1951 As Young as You Feel (lyrics: "Born to Be Kissed" - uncredited)
 
1951 Musical Comedy Time (TV series)
– Revenge with Music (1951) (writer: "Never Marry A Dancer")
 
1949 Dancing in the Dark (lyrics: "Dancing in the Dark" - uncredited, "Something to Remember You By" - uncredited, "New Sun in the Sky" - uncredited, "I Love Louisa" - uncredited)
 
1948 Key Largo (lyrics: "Moanin' Low" - uncredited)
 
1948 Three Daring Daughters ("THE DICKEY-BIRD-SONG" - uncredited)
 
1946 Humoresque (lyrics: "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan The Blue Pajama Song" - uncredited)
 
1946 Her Kind of Man (lyrics: "Something to Remember You By")
 
1944 11th. Naval District 'United States Coast Guard Band' (short) (lyrics: "The Silver Shield")
 
1942 Crossroads (lyrics: "'Til You Return" 1942 - uncredited)
 
1942 Cairo (lyrics: "Keep the Light Burning Bright" 1942)
 
1942 When Johnny Comes Marching Home (writer: "You and the Night and Music" - uncredited)
 
1940 Romance in Rhythm (short) (lyrics: "Dancing in the Dark" - uncredited)
 
1940 The Dipsy Doodler (short) (lyrics: "Dancing in the Dark")
 
1939 Dave Apollon and His Orchestra (short) (lyrics: "You and the Night and the Music" - uncredited)
 
1936 Under Your Spell (lyrics: "Under Your Spell", "My Little Mule Wagon", "Amigo")
 
1935 Buddy's Theatre (short) (lyrics: "How High Can a Little Bird Fly?" - uncredited)
 
1934 Toyland Broadcast (short) (lyrics: "Jungle Fever" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 Hollywood Party (music: "Feelin' High" 1934 - uncredited / lyrics: "Feelin' High" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 The Girl from Missouri (lyrics: "BORN TO BE KISSED", "Feelin' High")
 
1934 Operator 13 (writer: "Other Songs" - uncredited / lyrics: "Jungle Fever" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1930 The Lottery Bride (lyrics: "HIGH AND LOW" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1930 Queen High (writer: "It Seems to Me" / as Dick Howard)
 
1929 Battle of Paris (lyrics: "When I Am Housekeeping For You", "What Makes My Baby Blue" / as Dick Howard)
 
1927 Love (lyrics: "That Melody of Love" 1927 - uncredited)
 
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1955 Guys and Dolls (unit publicist - uncredited)
 
1955 Kismet (unit publicist - uncredited)
 
1952 Carbine Williams (publicity director - uncredited)
 
1951 Quo Vadis (director of publicity - uncredited)
 
1951 An American in Paris (unit publicist - uncredited)
 
1949 That Midnight Kiss (director of publicity - uncredited)
 
1942 Mrs. Miniver (publicist - uncredited)
 
1941 Babes on Broadway (publicity director - uncredited)
 
1941 Johnny Eager (publicity director - uncredited)
 
1939 Gone with the Wind (publicist: Atlanta and New York premieres - uncredited)
 
1939 The Wizard of Oz (publicity chief - uncredited)
 
1938 The Citadel (press representative - uncredited)
 
1938 Boys Town (press representative - uncredited)
 
1938 Love Finds Andy Hardy (press representative - uncredited)
 
1938 Marie Antoinette (press representative - uncredited)
 
1937 The Good Earth (press representative - uncredited)
 
1936 Romeo and Juliet (press representative - uncredited)
 
1936 The Great Ziegfeld (press agent - uncredited)
 
1935 A Tale of Two Cities (press agent - uncredited)
 
1935 A Night at the Opera (publicist - uncredited)
 
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty (press agent - uncredited)
 
1935 Anna Karenina (press agent - uncredited)
 
1935 Broadway Melody of 1936 (press agent - uncredited)
 
1935 Naughty Marietta (press agent - uncredited)
 
1935 David Copperfield (press agent - uncredited)
 
1934 The Barretts of Wimpole Street (press agent - uncredited)
 
1934 The Thin Man (press agent - uncredited)
 
1934 Hollywood Party (supervisor - uncredited)
 
1934 Viva Villa! (general press agent - uncredited)
 
1933 Dinner at Eight (general press agent - uncredited)
 
1931 The Sin of Madelon Claudet (press representative - uncredited)
 
1931 A Free Soul (press representative - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (6 titles)
1958 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
– Television World Theatre: The Captain of Koepenick (1958) (translation)
 
1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Revenge with Music (1954) (play)
 
1951 Musical Comedy Time (TV series)
– Revenge with Music (1951) (play)
 
1949 Dancing in the Dark (play "The Band Wagon")
 
1934 The Hot Choc-late Soldiers (short) (story)
 
1934 Hollywood Party (screenplay)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (4 titles)
1996 Autumn Sun (composer: song "A Shine on Your Shoes")
 
1978 Song by Song (TV series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
– By Dietz (1978) (lyrics)
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (special lyrics: new sequences)
 
1953 The Band Wagon (songs by)
 
Show ShowComposer (2 titles)
2005 Get Aboard! The Band Wagon (video documentary short)
 
1955 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
– A Bell for Adano (1955)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary) (grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists)
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (acknowledgement: the special style and content of the musical sequences were created by)
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary) (acknowledgment: composer of the words and music)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1954 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.4 (1954) … Himself
 
1952 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 3 February 1952 (1952) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
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Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. See more »

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