| LC control no. | n 50000026 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3566.R42 |
| Personal name heading | Previn, Dory |
| Variant(s) | Shannon, Dory Previn Previn, Dorothy Langan Langan, Dorothy Veronica |
| See also | Alternate identity: Langdon, Dory |
| Located | Woodbridge (N.J.) |
| Birth date | 1925-10-22 |
| Death date | 2012-02-14 |
| Place of birth | New Jersey |
| Place of death | Southfield (Mass.) |
| Profession or occupation | Lyricists Composers Singers Poets |
| Found in | Mozart, J. C. W. A. The impresario, K. 486. Phonodisc, 1968. Previn, A. The magic number, c1997: caption (Dory Previn Shannon) Contemporary authors: v. 111 (Previn, Dor(oth)y (Langan); b. Oct. 22, 1929 (some sources say 1925), Rahway, N.J.) New York times WWW site, Feb. 16, 2012 (in obituary published Feb. 14: Dory Previn; b. Dorothy Veronica Langan, Oct. 22, 1925, Rahway or Woodbridge, N.J.; grew up in Woodbridge; m. André Previn, 1959 (div.), Joby Baker, 1984; d. Tuesday [Feb. 14, 2012], Southfield, Mass., aged 86; lyricist for three Oscar-nominated songs who as a composer and performer mined her difficult childhood, bouts of mental illness, and a very public divorce to create a potent and influential personal songbook) Arlen, H. Come rain or come shine [SR] 1996, p1995: insert (Dory Langdon, lyrics) Wikipedia, viewed Mar. 5, 2019 (under Dory Previn: Dorothy Veronica Previn (née Langan), Oct. 22, 1925-Feb. 14, 2012; lyricist, singer-songwriter, and poet; in 1958, as Dory Langdon, recorded an album of her songs, The leprechauns are upon me, with André Previn and jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell accompanying her, for Verve Records; from the 1980s, often used the name Dory Previn Shannon, Shannon being her mother's maiden name) |
| Associated language | eng |
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