Dorothy Fields

American librettist and lyricist (1905-1974)

Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 – March 28, 1974) was an American songwriter. She wrote more than 400 songs for Broadway musicals and movies. She wrote the lyrics for "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" and for "Exactly Like You". The latter was recorded by many musicians.

Dorothy Fields working with Arthur Schwartz on A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1951)

Fields co-wrote the 1961 song "The Way You Look Tonight" with Jerome Kern. The song was in the movie Swing Time and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Fields was born in New Jersey. She died due to a stroke at age sixty-eight.