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Zaret, Hy

LC control no.n 96028707
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Personal name headingZaret, Hy
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Variant(s)Zaritsky, Hyman Harry
Zaret, Hyman
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1907-08-21
Death date2007-07-02
Place of birthNew York (N.Y.)
Place of deathWestport (Conn.)
Field of activityLyric writing (Popular music)
Composition (Music)
Profession or occupationLyricists Composers
Found inLittle songs on big subjects, 1947: label (Hy Zaret) container (lyricist)
ASCAP, 4th ed. (Zaret, Hy; b. Aug. 21, 1907, New York, NY; composer, author, publisher)
New York times WWW site, July 3, 2007 (Hy Zaret; b. Hyman Harry Zaritsky, Aug. 21, 1907; legally shortened his last name in 1934; d. yesterday [July 2, 2007], Westport, Conn., aged 99; one of the last of the Tin Pan Alley lyricists, whose most indelible work was the oft-recorded 1955 hit Unchained melody, but whose oeuvre ranged from jingles to songs about science to ballads of love and war)
Wikipedia WWW site, viewed August 28, 2013 (Hy Zaret (August 21, 1907-July 2, 2007) was an American Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer; born Hyman Harry Zaritsky in New York City)
Associated languageeng