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Ned Washington wrote Town Without Pity, Wild Is the Wind, The Nearness of You and My Foolish Heart.
- August 15, 1901
- December 20, 1976
Ned Washington. Music Department: Pinocchio. Prolific American lyricist and songwriter, one of the giants of Tin Pan Alley. He contributed numerous popular standards to jazz and to the big band scene.
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- August 15, 1901
- Ned Washington
- December 20, 1976
Ned Washington. Music Department: Pinocchio. Prolific American lyricist and songwriter, one of the giants of Tin Pan Alley. He contributed numerous popular standards to jazz and to the big band scene.
- August 15, 1901
- December 20, 1976
" The Nearness of You " is a popular song written in 1937 by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Ned Washington. Intended for an unproduced Paramount film titled Romance In The Rough, the studio's publishing division Famous Music reregistered and published the song in 1940. It was first recorded by Chick Bullock and his Orchestra on Vocalion.
- Jazz
Active as a songwriter from the late 1920s well into the 1960s, he has penned the lyrics to many popular songs such as I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (1932), When You Wish Upon A Star (1940), High Noon (1952) and the theme song from Rawhide (1958).
Lyricist, Performer, Theatrical Agent. (1901 - 1976) Ned Washington began his career in vaudeville in 1922 where he was an emcee and actors’ agent. His first two songs appeared in Vanities of 1928, and his first big success was with composer Victor Young ’s “Can’t We Talk It Over” (1931).
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Ned Washington (born Edward Michael Washington, August 15, 1901 – December 20, 1976) was an American lyricist born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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