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Parish was born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky to a Jewish family in Lithuania . His family emigrated to the U.S. and arrived on 3 February 1901 on the SS Dresden when he was less than a year old, settling first in Louisiana where his paternal grandmother had family and later moving to New York City . By the late 1920s he was a well regarded Tin Pan Alley lyricist in New York City.

His best known works include the songs " Star Dust ," " Sweet Lorraine ," " Deep Purple ," " Stars Fell On Alabama ," " Sophisticated Lady ," " Volare ," " Moonlight Serenade ," " Sleigh Ride ," and " One Morning In May ."

He died in Manhattan at the age of 92 and is buried in Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York .

In 1987 a revue entitled "Stardust" was staged on Broadway featuring Mitchell Parish's lyrics; it ran for 101 performances and was revived for further performances in 1999 .


WORK ON BROADWAY


  • ''Continental Varieties'' (1935) - Revue - featured Lyricist

  • ''Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939'' (1939) - Revue - performer

  • ''Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1940'' (1940) - Revue - featured Lyricist

  • ''Bubbling Brown Sugar'' (1976) - Revue - featured Lyricist

  • ''Sophisticated Ladies'' (1981) - featured Lyricist for "Sophisticated Lady"

  • ''Stardust'' (1987) - Revue - Lyricist



REFERENCES


  • Hill, Tony L. "Mitchell Parish, 1900-1993," in ''Dictionary of Literary Biography 265.'' Detroit: Gale Research, 2002.



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