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Carolyn Leigh

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Author and songwriter Carolyn Leigh, a graduate of Queens College and NYU, worked in advertising as a print copywriter and for radio stations and was a member of the Dramatists Guild. She wrote early television specials ("Heidi") and Broadway stage scores including "Peter Pan", "Wildcat", "and "Little Me". Joining ASCAP in 1953, her chief musical collaborators included Moose Charlap and Cy Coleman, and her chief popular-song compositions include "Young at Heart", "How Little We Know", "Westport", "Spring in Maine", "The Rules of the Road", "The Best Is Yet to Come", "Firefly", "Witchcraft", "I'm Flying", "I Gotta Crow", "I Walk a Little Faster", "You Fascinate Me So", "Hey, Look Me Over", "Tall Hopes", "El Sombrero", "One Day We Dance", "It Amazes Me", "The Other Side of the Tracks", "Real Live Girl" (from 'Little Me'), "I've Got Your Number", "Here's to Us", "A Doodlin' Song", "Stay With Me" (from the film 'The Cardinal'), "On Second Thought", "Pass Me By" (from the film 'Father Goose'), "When in Rome", and "Ouzo".
- IMDb mini biography by: Louis Rugani

Was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award four times: in 1963, as Best Composer and Lyricist, with collaborator Cy Coleman, and her lyrics as part of a Best Musical nomination for "Little Me;" and in 1968, as Best Composer and Lyricist, with collaborator Elmer Bernstein, and her lyrics as part of a Best Musical nomination for "How Now, Dow Jones."
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985.

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