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Lawrence, Jack, 1912-2009

LC control no.n 90610255
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LC classificationML423.L265 Biography
Personal name headingLawrence, Jack, 1912-2009
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Variant(s)Schwartz, Jacob, 1912-2009
Schwartz, Jack Lawrence, 1912-2009
Birth date1912-04-07
Death date2009-03-15
Place of birthBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Place of deathDanbury (Conn.)
Field of activityPopular music--Writing and publishing
Profession or occupationLyricists Podiatrists
Found inHis Vocal selections from I had a ball, c1965: t.p. (lyrics and music by Jack Lawrence)
ASCAP biog. dict., 4th ed. (Lawrence, Jack; composer, author, conductor; b. Brooklyn, NY, Apr. 7, 1912)
Wikipedia, May 31, 2007 (Jack Lawrence; b. Jacob Schwartz, Apr. 7, 1912, Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
New York times WWW site, Mar. 18, 2009 (Jack Lawrence; b. Jack Lawrence Schwartz, Apr. 7, 1912, Brooklyn; d. Sunday [Mar. 15, 2009], Danbury, Conn., aged 96; reluctant podiatrist who chose to do what he had always wanted to do as a kid in early-20th-century Brooklyn: write lyrics for songs)