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Howard Dietz (September 8, 1896 – July 30, 1983) was an American publicist, lyricist, and librettist, best remembered for his songwriting collaboration with Arthur Schwartz.
Howard Dietz. Music Department: The Band Wagon. 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.
Dietz was the director of ASCAP from 1959 to 1961, and wrote an autobiography, "Dancing in the Dark" in 1974. He died on July 10, 1983. Created MGM lion and "Ars Gratia Artis" logo
Aug 1, 1983 · Howard Dietz, who put words to more than 500 songs, including such popular classics as ''Dancing in the Dark,'' ''That's Entertainment,'' and ''You and the Night and the Music,'' died of...
Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz, the creators (lyricist and composer respectively) of the durable standards “Dancing in the Dark,” “That’s Entertainment,” “You and the Night and the Music,” and “I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plan,” collaborated on 11 Broadway shows, most of them revues and most of them successful, over the ...
Howard Dietz. Lyricist, Librettist, Publicist, Author, Screenwriter. (1896 - 1983) Howard Dietz was well connected in the world of show business when, in 1928, he met composer Arthur Schwartz with whom he would do his finest work.
Dietz, Howard, charming American lyricist, librettist, and film-company executive; b. N.Y., Sept. 8, 1896;d. there, July 30, 1983. Like such contemporaries as E. Y. Harburg and Ira Gershwin, Dietz wrote lyrics to hundreds of songs used in Broadway shows and Hollywood films during the middle decades of the 20th century; unlike them, he did so ...
