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Howard Dietz (1896–1983)
Dietz was an unusual, but not illogical, combination: a publicist-lyricist. Of his upbringing, he wrote, "We lived in cycles of Manhattan, inheriting neighborhoods as they became passe, from Yorkville to Harlem, to Washington Heights, to West End Avenue, to Riverside Drive. As a result, I got to know kids from all over town -- marble shooters, ...
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Born:in New York City, New York, USADied:(age 86) in New York City, New York, USA |
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Soundtrack (125 credits)
Soundtrack (125 credits)
2015
Today
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 27 October 2015
(2015)
... (lyrics: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan")
2014
Boardwalk Empire
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Cuanto
(2014)
... (writer: "Dancing in the Dark" - uncredited)
2009
BBC Proms
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Prom 22: A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals
(2009)
... (lyrics: "That's Entertainment")
2008
Tough Baby: Torch Song
(Video documentary short) (writer: "Two Faced Woman" (Outtake from The Band Wagon))
2004
Rosemary Clooney: Singing at Her Best
(Video short) (lyrics: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan")
2002
Skeppsholmen
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.9
(2002)
... (writer: "Alone Together")
2001
Great Performances: Dance in America
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- From Broadway: Fosse
(2001)
... (lyrics: "Dancing in the Dark")
2000
The Sopranos
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Full Leather Jacket
(2000)
... (writer: "Dancing in the Dark" - uncredited)
1994
That's Entertainment! III
(Documentary) (lyrics: "That's Entertainment" (1953), "Feelin' High" (1934), "Two-Faced Woman" (1953) - uncredited)
1991
Great Performances
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- 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
Tiny Toon Adventures
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Wide World of Elmyra
(1990)
... (writer: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" - uncredited)
1987-1988
Night Court
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes)
- I'm OK, You're Catatonic/Schizophrenic
(1988)
... (lyrics: "A Shine on Your Shoes" - uncredited)
- Christine's Friend
(1987)
... (lyrics: "A Shine on Your Shoes" (1932) - uncredited)
1985
Webster
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Great Expectations: Part 1
(1985)
... (lyrics: "You and the Night and the Music")
One Day at a Time
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1979) (music - 1 episode, 1979)
- Happy New Year II
(1979)
... (lyrics: "Triplets") / (music: "Triplets")
Star Treatment
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1979) (music - 1 episode, 1979)
- Sweet Substitute
(1979)
... (lyrics: "Triplets") / (music: "Triplets")
1978
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Steve Martin/The Blues Brothers
(1978)
... (writer: "Dancing in the Dark")
1978
Pennies from Heaven
(TV Mini-Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Easy Come, Easy Go
(1978)
... (lyrics: "You and the Night and the Music" - uncredited)
1978
The Muppet Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Cloris Leachman
(1978)
... (lyrics: "That's Entertainment")
1977
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.5
(1977)
... (writer: "That's Entertainment!")
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
(Documentary) (lyrics: "That's Entertainment" (1953), "Triplets" (1937) - uncredited)
1976
Martine
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.5
(1976)
... (lyrics: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" - uncredited)
1974
That's Entertainment!
(Documentary) (lyrics: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" (1929), "By Myself" (1937) - uncredited)
1969
The Dean Martin Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #5.9
(1969)
... (lyrics: "Two-Faced Woman" - uncredited)
1968-1969
Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers
(TV Series) (lyrics - 3 episodes)
- 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) (writer - 1 episode)
- Happy New Year
(1968)
... (writer: "That's Entertainment!")
Toast of the Town
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1967) (writer - 1 episode, 1958)
- Episode #21.4
(1967)
... (lyrics: "By Myself" - uncredited)
- Episode #11.37
(1958)
... (writer: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan")
1967
The Dodge Dancing Party
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Music! Music! Music!
(1967)
... (lyrics: "Waitin' for the Evening Train" - uncredited)
1966
The Danny Kaye Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #4.4
(1966)
... (lyrics: "New Sun in the Sky" - uncredited)
The Hollywood Palace
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1966) (writer - 1 episode, 1965)
- Episode #3.33
(1966)
... (lyrics: "A Shine on Your Shoes" - uncredited)
- Episode #2.26
(1965)
... (writer: "You and the Night and the Music" - uncredited)
The Perry Como Show
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 1960 - 1966) (lyrics - 2 episodes, 1958 - 1959)
- Episode #18.8
(1966)
... (writer: "New Sun in the Sky")
- Episode #13.5
(1960)
... (writer: "Shine On Your Shoes" - uncredited)
- Episode #12.10
(1959)
... (lyrics: "You and the Night and the Music" - uncredited)
- Episode #10.19
(1958)
... (lyrics: "A Shine on Your Shoes" - uncredited)
1965
An Evening with...
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Roberta Sherwood
(1965)
... (writer: "By Myself")
1965
Shindig!
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Beau Brummels, Tony Bennett, the Drifters, Aretha Franklin, Dobie Gray, Mickey Rooney Jr.
(1965)
... (lyrics: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan")
1962
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Dinah Shore Show
(1962)
... (writer: "I See Your Face Before Me" - uncredited)
1962
The Bell Telephone Hour
(TV Series) (1 episode)
- Portals of Music
(1962)
... ("Dancing in the Dark", uncredited)
1960-1961
77 Sunset Strip
(TV Series) (lyrics - 3 episodes)
- The Deadly Solo
(1961)
... (lyrics: "You and the Night and the Music", "Dancing in the Dark")
- Open and Close in One
(1961)
... (lyrics: "You and the Night and the Music")
- Spark of Freedom
(1960)
... (lyrics: "Dancing in the Dark")
1961
Follow the Sun
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Night Song
(1961)
... (lyrics: "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" - uncredited)
1960
Hawaiian Eye
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- With This Ring
(1960)
... (lyrics: "A Shine on Your Shoes" - uncredited)
1960
Startime
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Soldiers in Greasepaint
(1960)
... (lyrics: "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" - uncredited)
1959
Sunday Showcase
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Give My Regards to Broadway
(1959)
... (lyrics: "That's Entertainment" - uncredited)
1958
The Patrice Munsel Show
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.16
(1958)
... (lyrics: "Dancing In The Dark" - uncredited)
Ford Star Jubilee
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 1956) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1955)
- 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)
1955-1956
MGM Parade
(TV Series documentary) (lyrics - 3 episodes)
- Episode #1.29
(1956)
... (lyrics: "That's Entertainment: - uncredited)
- Episode #1.10
(1955)
... (lyrics: "That's Entertainmennt" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.1
(1955)
... (lyrics: "That's Entertainment" - uncredited)
1955
Shower of Stars
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- That's Life
(1955)
... (writer: "That's Entertainment")
1953
Texaco Star Theatre Starring Milton Berle
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode #6.9
(1953)
... (lyrics: "By Myself")
1953
Omnibus
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Horn Blows at Midnight
(1953)
... (writer: "Dancing in the Dark")
1953
The Band Wagon
(lyrics: "By Myself" (1937), "A Shine on Your Shoes" (1932), "Oedipus Bridge", "That's Entertainment" (1953), "You and the Night and the Music" (1934), "Something to Remember You By" (1930), "High and Low" (1931), "I Love Louisa" (1931), "New Sun in the Sky" (1931), "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" (1929), "Louisiana Hayride" (1932), "Triplets" (1937) - uncredited)
1951
The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.12
(1951)
... (writer: "You and the Night and the Music")
1951
Musical Comedy Time
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Revenge with Music
(1951)
... (writer: "Never Marry A Dancer")
1949
Dancing in the Dark
(lyrics: "Dancing in the Dark", "Something to Remember You By", "New Sun in the Sky", "I Love Louisa" - uncredited)
1934
Operator 13
(lyrics: "Jungle Fever" (1934) - uncredited) / (writer: "Other Songs" - uncredited)
1929
Battle of Paris
(lyrics: "When I Am Housekeeping For You", "What Makes My Baby Blue" - as Dick Howard)
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Stage Play: The '49ers. Musical revue. Music by Arthur Samuels and Lewis E. Gensler. Lyrics by Morrie Ryskind and Frank Adams. Book by Frank Adams. Sketches by Marc Connelly, Ring Lardner, George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Dorothy Parker, Howard Dietz [earliest Broadway credit] and Robert Benchley. Staged by Howard Lindsay. Choreographed ... See more »
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When there's a shine on your shoes, there's a melody in your heart. See more »Trivia:
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 233-234. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998. See more »Star Sign:
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