Marty Symes

Marty Symes (1904–1953) was an American lyricist.

Symes was born in Brooklyn New York in 1904.^[1] His first significant collaborator was composer Jerry Livingston. In 1932 they wrote "Darkness on the Delta", which became a hit for Mildred Bailey. The next year the Casa Loma Orchestra recorded their "Under the Blanket of Blue" and "It's the Talk of the Town", both co-written with Al J. Neiburg.^[2]

In 1936, Symes wrote the lyrics for Isham Jones's 1936 hit "There Is No Greater Love".^[2] It has been recorded by Guy Lombardo, Billie Holiday, Al Hibbler and many other artists and is considered a jazz standard.^[1]

Nino Rota used Symes's "I Have But One Heart", composed by Johnny Farrow, in the 1972 film The Godfather.^[2]

Symes died in Forest Hills, New York in 1953.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Bush, John. "Marty Symes". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/artist/marty-symes-p130050/biography. Retrieved 8 May 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Burlingame, Sandra. "Marty Symes Biography". JazzBiographies.com. http://jazzbiographies.com/Biography.aspx?ID=111. Retrieved 8 May 2011. 

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Name	Symes, Marty
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Date of birth	1904
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Date of death	1953
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