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<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <p>Parish was born to a Jewish family in <a href="/facts/Lithuania/dApVjLWW">Lithuania</a>, Russian Empire in July 1900.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> His family emigrated to the United States, arriving on February 3, 1901 aboard the <a href="/facts/SS_Dresden/Y3sD5Mmo">SS <i>Dresden</i></a> when he was less than a year old. They settled first in <a href="/facts/Louisiana/2GvfFcKE">Louisiana</a> where his paternal grandmother had relatives, but later moved to <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>, where he grew up on the Lower East Side of <a href="/facts/Manhattan/fF9JeXjh">Manhattan</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> and received his education in the public schools. </p><p>He attended <a href="/facts/Columbia_University/Hlf1gw53">Columbia University</a> and <a href="/facts/N.Y.U./4UnIkThy">N.Y.U.</a> and was a member of <a href="/facts/Phi_Beta_Kappa/5TkV3tLw">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. He eventually abandoned the notion of practicing law to become a songwriter. He served his apprenticeship as a writer of special material for vaudeville acts, and later established himself as a writer of songs for stage, screen and numerous musical revues.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> By the late 1920s, Parish was a well-regarded <a href="/facts/Tin_Pan_Alley/QbltdLVz">Tin Pan Alley</a> lyricist in New York City.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>Parish's grandnephew, Steve Parish, was a roadie for the band <a href="/facts/The_Grateful_Dead/PjyyRGQt">Grateful Dead</a>. He described Mitchell Parish's meeting with <a href="/facts/Jerry_Garcia/VXW3Hbsy">Jerry Garcia</a> in his autobiography, <i>Home Before Day Light</i>. </p> <h2 id="career">Career</h2> <p>His first steady employer was the music publisher Jack Mills, brother of <a href="/facts/Irving_Mills/QKlUGKTc">Irving Mills</a>, who signed him for $12 a week to write comedy lyrics for vaudeville acts and to be a song-plugger. His first hit, "Carolina Rolling Stone", was recorded by the musical comedy team <a href="/facts/Van_and_Schenck/w0JFkxl4">Van and Schenck</a> for <a href="/facts/Columbia_Records/yV1YYE69">Columbia Records</a> in 1922.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> Parish tended to write his lyrics to completed melodies, hits that originated in other languages, or adaptations of classical music.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p><a href="/facts/Hoagy_Carmichael/FcN9I2L9">Hoagy Carmichael</a>, <a href="/facts/Duke_Ellington/CEVXATkB">Duke Ellington</a>, <a href="/facts/Peter_De_Rose/FnLbGSqx">Peter De Rose</a>, <a href="/facts/Leroy_Anderson/yat0oY8p">Leroy Anderson</a>, <a href="/facts/Glenn_Miller/3hHFKzTU">Glenn Miller</a>, <a href="/facts/Sammy_Fain/NjFvc6pj">Sammy Fain</a>, and <a href="/facts/Benny_Goodman/km4lRfnA">Benny Goodman</a> were among the composers. As one of the first inductees into the <a href="/facts/Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame/6uv4LrM0">Songwriters Hall of Fame</a>, the romantic quality of many of his lyrics such as "<a href="/facts/Stardust_(1927_song)/3AV3EcKs">Stardust</a>", "<a href="/facts/Stairway_to_the_Stars/VenmKcPC">Stairway to the Stars</a>", "<a href="/facts/Deep_Purple_(song)/hpJY8FjV">Deep Purple</a>", and "<a href="/facts/Moonlight_Serenade/p4P0CyT2">Moonlight Serenade</a>" contributed to his being called by other songwriters "the poet laureate of the profession".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> In an interview in 1987, Parish claimed to have written the lyrics to the <a href="/facts/Duke_Ellington/CEVXATkB">Duke Ellington</a> standard "<a href="/facts/Mood_Indigo/LU4k024z">Mood Indigo</a>", though they were credited to <a href="/facts/Irving_Mills/QKlUGKTc">Irving Mills</a>. He remained "somewhat rueful, though no longer bitter" about it.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p><p>His best-known works include the lyrics to songs such as "<a href="/facts/Stardust_(1927_song)/3AV3EcKs">Stardust</a>", "<a href="/facts/Sweet_Lorraine/3gCM64bl">Sweet Lorraine</a>", "<a href="/facts/Deep_Purple_(song)/hpJY8FjV">Deep Purple</a>", "<a href="/facts/Stars_Fell_on_Alabama/ysxTeB2o">Stars Fell on Alabama</a>", "<a href="/facts/Sophisticated_Lady/UnSUD6H9">Sophisticated Lady</a>", the translation to English lyrics of "<a href="/facts/Volare_(song)/3hcj7Dof">Volare</a>" and "Blue Skirt Waltz", "<a href="/facts/Moonlight_Serenade/p4P0CyT2">Moonlight Serenade</a>", "Mr. Ghost Goes to Town", "<a href="/facts/Sleigh_Ride/ABe9RUvx">Sleigh Ride</a>", "<a href="/facts/One_Morning_in_May_(1933_song)/JEp8P9IU">One Morning in May</a>", and "<a href="/facts/Louisiana_Fairy_Tale/lKy6umSu">Louisiana Fairy Tale</a>",<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> which was the first theme song used in the PBS Production of <i><a href="/facts/This_Old_House/F3kAcFAI">This Old House</a></i>. </p><p>Besides providing the lyrics to Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust", the two collaborated on standards such as "<a href="/facts/Riverboat_Shuffle/rne3BSQo">Riverboat Shuffle</a>" and "<a href="/facts/One_Morning_in_May_(1933_song)/JEp8P9IU">One Morning in May</a>".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p><p>In 1949, Parish added lyrics to bandleader Al Goodman's tune "The Allen Stroll", which was played as radio comedian <a href="/facts/Fred_Allen/tdWchRg9">Fred Allen</a> took a stroll down "Allen's Alley", a featured segment of Allen's weekly show. The new song, "Carousel of Love", premiered on <i><a href="/facts/The_Fred_Allen_Show/0fKA9VRJ">The Fred Allen Show</a></i> on April 4, 1949. It was sung by the <a href="/facts/DeMarco_Sisters/jza13sQu">DeMarco Sisters</a> and played by Al Goodman and his Orchestra. </p><p>In 1950, he wrote lyrics to Leroy Anderson's "<a href="/facts/The_Syncopated_Clock/aALQvve5">The Syncopated Clock</a>".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> In 1951, he wrote the English lyrics of the French song "<a href="/facts/Ma%25C3%25AEtre_Pierre_(song)/0JrheNbx">Maître Pierre</a>" which was written in 1948 by <a href="/facts/Henri_Betti/cPhzH05b">Henri Betti</a> (music) and Jacques Plante (lyrics). The title song became "<a href="/facts/The_Windmill_Song/0JrheNbx">The Windmill Song</a>" and the song was recorded by <a href="/facts/The_Andrews_Sisters/H2q2prwU">The Andrews Sisters</a> with <a href="/facts/Gordon_Jenkins/MTr9yFgx">Gordon Jenkins</a> and his Orchestra. </p><p>He participated in the episode of <i><a href="/facts/To_Tell_the_Truth/Um0QRqTx">To Tell the Truth</a></i> aired on December 25, 1956, as a challenger. </p><p>In 1972, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is the recipient of their <a href="/facts/Johnny_Mercer/loo1E8T3">Johnny Mercer</a> Award.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="song-lyrics-selected">Song Lyrics (selected)</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td>Song title</td><td>Composer</td><td>Year</td><td>Notable recording</td><td>Label</td></tr><tr><td><i>All I Need is You</i> (English lyrics, translated from French, written by Henri Contet)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/All_My_Love_(Patti_Page_song)/3SazDgQu">All My Love</a></i> (subtitle: "Bolero"). (English lyrics, translated from French, original lyrics by Henri Contet)</td><td>Paul Durand</td><td>1950</td><td><a href="/facts/Patti_Page/caolcw4N">Patti Page</a> (1950)</td><td><a href="/facts/Mercury_Records/4uPSg8KB">Mercury Records</a> (catalog number #5455)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Blue_Tango/xb93hxIo">Blue Tango</a> (instrumental composition, for orchestra))</td><td>Leroy Anderson</td><td>1951 (written), 1952 (published)</td><td>Instrumental version recorded by Leroy Andersen (c. 1951/1952)</td><td><a href="/facts/Decca_Records/R59314eK">Decca Records</a> (catalogue number; 27875)</td></tr><tr><td><i>Blue Skirt Waltz</i></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i>Carolina Rolling Stone</i></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Carousel of Love</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Deep_Purple_(song)/hpJY8FjV">Deep Purple</a></i> (composition for piano, Parish wrote lyrics in 1938)</td><td><a href="/facts/Peter_Derose/FnLbGSqx">Peter Derose</a></td><td>1933</td><td><a href="/facts/Larry_Clinton/fWeMaTBs">Larry Clinton</a> and His Orchestr, featuring <a href="/facts/Bea_Wain/Gv1LPGU8">Bea Wain</a> (23 December 1938)</td><td><a href="/facts/Victor_Records/N6RARfXv">Victor Records</a></td></tr><tr><td>Is That Religion?</td><td><a href="/facts/Maceo_Pinkard/9ejLX04q">Maceo Pinkard</a></td><td>1930</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/The_Lamp_Is_Low/eemQ9r1q">The Lamp Is Low</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Peter_Derose/FnLbGSqx">Peter Derose</a>, <a href="/facts/Bert_Shefter/21s4Sb04">Bert Shefter</a></td><td>1930s</td><td>(1) <a href="/facts/Mildred_Bailey/AqbsofGy">Mildred Bailey</a> (April 24, 1939) (2) <a href="/facts/Tommy_Dorsey/G3f1Gk4V">Tommy Dorsey</a> and His Orchestra, with vocal by Jack Leonard (May 1, 1939)</td><td>Vocation Records (catalogue number #4845) (2) <a href="/facts/Victor_Records/N6RARfXv">Victor Records</a> (catalogue number. 26259)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Louisiana_Fairy_Tale/lKy6umSu">Louisiana Fairy Tale</a> (written with <a href="/facts/J._Fred_Coots/1aJKGUGd">J. Fred Coots</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Haven_Gillespie/ddtNNjGu">Haven Gillespie</a></td><td>1935</td><td><a href="/facts/Fats_Waller/GLakRem7">Fats Waller</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Moonlight_Serenade/p4P0CyT2">Moonlight Serenade</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Glenn_Miller/3hHFKzTU">Glenn Miller</a></td><td>1939</td><td>Glenn Miller (1939)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i>Mr. Ghost Goes to Town</i></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/One_Morning_in_May_(1933_song)/JEp8P9IU">One Morning in May</a></td><td>Hoagy Carmichael</td><td>1933</td><td>Hoagy Carmichael, recorded October 10, 1933</td><td>Victor Records</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Organ_Grinder%2527s_Swing/rpceXE7Q">Organ Grinder's Swing</a> (written with <a href="/facts/Irving_Mills/QKlUGKTc">Irving Mills</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Will_Hudson_(songwriter)/WS5AK4A6">Will Hudson</a></td><td>1936</td><td><a href="/facts/Jimmy_Lunceford/CGtLy9D3">Jimmy Lunceford</a> and Orchestra</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Riverboat_Shuffle/rne3BSQo">Riverboat Shuffle</a></td><td>Hoagy Carmichael, Irving Mills and <a href="/facts/Dick_Voynow/c18WStkM">Dick Voynow</a></td><td>1924</td><td><a href="/facts/Bix_Beiderbecke/Uv3jUydH">Bix Beiderbecke</a> and <a href="/facts/The_Wolverines_(jazz_band)/1q5zktje">The Wolverines</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Ruby_(Ruby_Gentry_theme)/DxpFTJIR">Ruby</a></i> (theme song from film Ruby Gentry</td><td><a href="/facts/Heinz_Roemheld/lyAgg9aG">Heinz Roemheld</a></td><td>1952</td><td><a href="/facts/Les_Baxter/MVltKoFG">Les Baxter</a> and His Orchestra (featuring Harmonica solo by Danny Welton) (1953)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Sleigh_Ride/ABe9RUvx">Sleigh Ride</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Leroy_Anderson/yat0oY8p">Leroy Anderson</a></td><td>1948</td><td><a href="/facts/Arthur_Fiedler/JvXU8JEX">Arthur Fiedler</a> and the <a href="/facts/Boston_Pops_Orchestra/QkM8WSEJ">Boston Pops Orchestra</a> (1949)</td><td><a href="/facts/RCA_Red_Seal_Records/LQ3srBny">RCA Red Seal Records</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Sometime_(Glenn_Miller_song)/CmvnRlxI">Sometime</a></i></td><td>Glenn Miller, <a href="/facts/Chummy_MacGregor/HWDglz4U">Chummy MacGregor</a>, Mitchell Parish</td><td>1939</td><td>Glenn Miller</td><td>RCA Victor</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sophisticated_Lady/UnSUD6H9">Sophisticated Lady</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Duke_Ellington/CEVXATkB">Duke Ellington</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Stairway_to_the_Stars/VenmKcPC">Stairway to the Stars</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Matty_Malneck/3HBWg0tM">Matty Malneck</a>, <a href="/facts/Frank_Signorelli/0MRsVxVI">Frank Signorelli</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Glenn_Miller_and_His_Orchestra/05xqTH1u">Glenn Miller and His Orchestra</a> featuring, <a href="/facts/Ray_Eberle/CxN6lejr">Ray Eberle</a>, recorded May 9, 1939)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Stardust_(1927_song)/3AV3EcKs">Stardust</a></td><td>Hoagy Carmichael</td><td>1927</td><td>Hoagy Carmichael and His Pals</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Stars_Fell_on_Alabama/ysxTeB2o">Stars Fell on Alabama</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Frank_Perkins_(composer)/Fr42bkxN">Frank Perkins</a></td><td>1934</td><td><a href="/facts/Guy_Lombardo/DVfbd37G">Guy Lombardo</a> Orchestra, featuring <a href="/facts/Carmen_Lombardo/JfIQlnFr">Carmen Lombardo</a> performing Vocals</td><td>Decca Records (cataloguee number #104)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Sweet_Lorraine/3gCM64bl">Sweet Lorraine</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Cliff_Burwell/9U7R4wU0">Cliff Burwell</a></td><td>1928</td><td><a href="/facts/Nat_King_Cole/Lessgtu8">Nat King Cole</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Capitol_Records/5parUIfs">Capitol Records</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/The_Syncopated_Clock/aALQvve5">The Syncopated Clock</a></td><td>Leroy Anderson</td><td>1945</td><td>Leroy Anderson recorded in 1950</td><td>Decca Records</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Volare_(song)/3hcj7Dof">Volare</a> (<i>Nei blu di Pinto di blu</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Domenico_Modugno/0MKmFePd">Domenico Modugno</a></td><td></td><td>1 February 1958</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/The_Windmill_Song/0JrheNbx">The Windmill Song</a> (original French lyrics by Jacques Plante)</td><td><a href="/facts/Henri_Betti/cPhzH05b">Henri Betti</a></td><td>1948</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Andrews_Sisters/H2q2prwU">The Andrews Sisters</a>, featuring <a href="/facts/Gordon_Jenkins/MTr9yFgx">Gordon Jenkins</a> and His Orchestra</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="work-on-broadway">Work on Broadway</h2> <ul><li><i>Continental Varieties</i> (1935) - <a href="/facts/Revue/op6xXWjc">revue</a> - featured <a href="/facts/Lyricist/sR6PfmnM">lyricist</a></li> <li><i>Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939</i> (1939) - <a href="/facts/Revue/op6xXWjc">revue</a> - performer</li> <li><i>Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1940</i> (1940) - <a href="/facts/Revue/op6xXWjc">revue</a> - featured <a href="/facts/Lyricist/sR6PfmnM">lyricist</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Bubbling_Brown_Sugar/6v2Brawk">Bubbling Brown Sugar</a></i> (1976) - <a href="/facts/Revue/op6xXWjc">revue</a> - featured <a href="/facts/Lyricist/sR6PfmnM">lyricist</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Sophisticated_Ladies/MHRTFrEd">Sophisticated Ladies</a></i> (1981) - featured <a href="/facts/Lyricist/sR6PfmnM">lyricist</a> for "Sophisticated Lady"</li> <li><i>Stardust</i> (1987) - <a href="/facts/Revue/op6xXWjc">revue</a> - <a href="/facts/Lyricist/sR6PfmnM">lyricist</a></li></ul> <h2 id="death">Death</h2> <p>Parish died in 1993 in <a href="/facts/Manhattan/fF9JeXjh">Manhattan</a>, New York at the age of 92. He was buried in <a href="/facts/Beth_David_Cemetery/FIym7zp1">Beth David Cemetery</a> in <a href="/facts/Elmont%2c_New_York/Mr0xHr2f">Elmont, New York</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Hill, Tony L. "Mitchell Parish, 1900-1993," in <i>Dictionary of Literary Biography 265.</i> Detroit: Gale Research, 2002.</li></ul> <h2 id="footnotes">Footnotes</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/mitchell-parish-13175">Entry at Internet Broadway Database</a></li> <li><a href="https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106188">Mitchell Parish recordings</a> at the <a href="/facts/Discography_of_American_Historical_Recordings/wHpqCIf7">Discography of American Historical Recordings</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/Mitchell+Parish">Mitchell Parish</a> discography at <a href="/facts/Discogs/wdyMoREv">Discogs</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661695/">Mitchell Parish</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQhU4-J23Q4">To tell the Truth's episode</a> with Parish as challenger</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1903/4. ISBN 0-85112-939-0. <a href="0-85112-939-0" target="_blank">0-85112-939-0</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Bloom, Nate (2006-12-19). "The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs". InterfaithFamily. Retrieved 2013-12-26. <a href="/wiki/Nate_Bloom" target="_blank">/wiki/Nate_Bloom</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Bloom, Nate (December 22, 2014). "All those Holiday/Christmas Songs: So Many Jewish Songwriters!". Jewish World Review. <a href="/wiki/Nate_Bloom" target="_blank">/wiki/Nate_Bloom</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Holden, Stephen (April 2, 1993). "Mitchell Parish, 92, the Lyricist Of 'Star Dust' and 'Volare,' Dies". New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2022. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/02/obituaries/mitchell-parish-92-the-lyricist-of-star-dust-and-volare-dies.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/02/obituaries/mitchell-parish-92-the-lyricist-of-star-dust-and-volare-dies.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Songwriters Hall of Fame". Songwritershalloffame.org. Retrieved February 24, 2022. <a href="https://www.songhall.org/awards/winner/Mitchell_Parish" target="_blank">https://www.songhall.org/awards/winner/Mitchell_Parish</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1903/4. ISBN 0-85112-939-0. <a href="0-85112-939-0" target="_blank">0-85112-939-0</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Holden, Stephen (April 2, 1993). "Mitchell Parish, 92, the Lyricist Of 'Star Dust' and 'Volare,' Dies". New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2022. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/02/obituaries/mitchell-parish-92-the-lyricist-of-star-dust-and-volare-dies.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/02/obituaries/mitchell-parish-92-the-lyricist-of-star-dust-and-volare-dies.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Holden, Stephen (April 2, 1993). "Mitchell Parish, 92, the Lyricist Of 'Star Dust' and 'Volare,' Dies". New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2022. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/02/obituaries/mitchell-parish-92-the-lyricist-of-star-dust-and-volare-dies.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/02/obituaries/mitchell-parish-92-the-lyricist-of-star-dust-and-volare-dies.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Songwriters Hall of Fame". Songwritershalloffame.org. Retrieved February 24, 2022. <a href="https://www.songhall.org/awards/winner/Mitchell_Parish" target="_blank">https://www.songhall.org/awards/winner/Mitchell_Parish</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Holden, Stephen (1987-02-01). "Theater; Mitchell Parish: A Way With Words". New York Times. <a href="https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEFD71E3DF932A35751C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print" target="_blank">https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEFD71E3DF932A35751C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1903/4. ISBN 0-85112-939-0. <a href="0-85112-939-0" target="_blank">0-85112-939-0</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>He wrote the lyrics to the Glenn Miller ballad "Sometime" from 1939, co-written with Glenn Miller and John Chummy MacGregor.Holden, Stephen (1987-02-01). "Theater; Mitchell Parish: A Way With Words". New York Times. <a href="/wiki/Sometime_(Glenn_Miller_song)" target="_blank">/wiki/Sometime_(Glenn_Miller_song)</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Leroy Anderson—-American composer and conductor of light concert music: Lyrics". Leroyanderson.com. <a href="http://www.leroyanderson.com/lyrics.php" target="_blank">http://www.leroyanderson.com/lyrics.php</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Songwriters Hall of Fame". Songwritershalloffame.org. 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